GLOBAL

PROJECTS
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PROF.B.P.MISHRA
XIMB

1.Google - SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Teams of globally distributed employees working together in
Real- time via web enabled collaborative work space.
2.Disaster Recovery - co-operation of transnational cadre

3.The channel Tunnel- cross border, PPP

The New environment for such projects:

Global
Technology enabled
Interconnected
Dynamic

Large, slow moving, industrial era hierarchies

Are being replaced by

Smaller, Nimbler, Global-born firms as successful.

Loosely affiliated networks of Companies

working across Industries and borders
have also gained in influence and importance.

The cost of co-ordinating and integrating

specialist providers and Services
from outside the firm has fallen,
Enabling more networks
Partnerships
and alliances.

It has become less attractive to internalize non-core

functions
Or commit to a large fixed cost to the organization.

Some projects have evolved to become:

Multi-firm,
Multi-site,
And Net worked

While others have remained strictly

Domestic
Conventional
traditional

Global Projects- by their very natureAssemble Individuals,

teams,
Organization
From multiple socio-cultural systems
And /or Geographical settings,
Which create the needs for a new dimension of
Management Expertize.

DEFINITION

Practitioners of Project management have defined

projects as
Temporary Endeavours undertaken to create
unique product or Services or Related processes or
More broadly, as Organized Undertakings,
limited In time to achieve specific objectives.

ANOTHER DEFINITION
Large Engineering Projects mega projects-

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Involvement of Multiple Organization with different sub-goals

Changes in the prioritization of project over time
Changes in the involvement and/ or relative influence of
varying Organization over time
The impact of wider socio political environments on projects.

ANOTHER DEFINITION

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A global project is defined as a temporary endeavour

where multiple actors seek to optimize outcomes
by combining resources from
multiple sites , Organizations, cultures,
and geographies through a combination of contractual
Hierarchical, and Network based modes of Organization.

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It recognizes Global projects as

complex organizational systems,
with Distinctive challenges posed by
Distance,
Dispersion and
Network Complexity.

Distance:
Differences in Institutions- beliefs, Traditions and Rules System
Between Project participants

Dispersion:
Project participants are seldom co-located and often distributed
Across multiple sites.

Network Complexity:

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Project participants are interconnected through complex web of

Formal & informal relationships.

GLOBAL PROJECTS
CONFRONT NEW RISKS

Co-ordination Cost
Complexity & Scale Differentiation
Interdependence Uncertainty
Time pressure
Dispersion & Distance- cross site work introduces delay
Cultural Distance
Psychic Distance
Institutional distance

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Institutional Difference

INSTITUTIONAL
DIFFERENCES

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Cognition & Language

Emotional pattern
Belief System
Values & Preferences
Technological Standards
Leadership Styles
Professional Roles
Legal Regulatory & policy Environment
Unconscious Expectations

DRIVERS OF GLOBAL
PROJECTS
INTERNATIONALIZATION HAS MULTI DIMENSIONAL
RATIONALE
Developing new resources
Global Resource Arbitrage
Specialized Products Offering
Saving Time Supporting Continuous Workflow across time zones
Circumventing Regulation Avoiding Restrictive Rules & Legal Codes
Meeting Labour Imbalances
Testing New Markets
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SUCCESS METRICS FOR

GLOBAL PROJECTS

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Collaborative Advantage
Constellation quality
Counterparty Exposure

NETWORK
Network Integration
Network Distance
Network Experience
Network Vulnerability

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INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS
A sub-set of Global Projects:
To develop transportation, Energy, Social , Communications,
water infra having a number of attributes:
Infrequent undertakings involving global & Local Participants
Complex Interfaces Cross functional
High level of Local Embeddedness
Significant Social & political Complexity
Irreversibility due to physical Nature of Constructions
Close attention to Budget & Schedule.
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CONCLUSION
In sum, Global Projects have characteristics of a
federated enterprise of Actors, each one seeking
advantages of assembling Resources & functions
across socio-cultural geographic and Temporal settings
While at the same time working together to achieve
common objective-

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Whether building a metro, providing Humanitarian Aid or

Launching a space mission.

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