1.0 Introduction介绍
当一个企业发展到一定阶段,全球化战略将被放在公司的未来发展计划上。同时,企业高管将面临一个问题。如何管理全球团队?When an enterprise develops to a certain stage, the globalization strategy will be put on the company's future development plans. At the same time, corporate executives will be faced with a problem. How to manage the global team?
2.0 Background背景
杰姆斯的团队和Sun微系统公司
Sun公司提供完整的企业信息技术(IT)解决方案,包括硬件、软件、存储和服务。支持的概念,核心的创新不应该是专有的,Sun其技术开放源代码。公司的理念是,当人们自由地组装、参与和创造的时候,创新就被激发了。这,反过来,使市场扩大,这预示着开发商,消费者,和Sun。
十二个月前,杰姆斯已经招募了他的45个人的团队,其中包括7名在法国,16在印度,11在阿联酋,和11在美国,为太阳的企业客户在亚洲和欧洲。杰姆斯很高兴的是,全球团队一起来的轻松。James’s team and Sun Microsystems, Inc
Sun Microsystems, Inc provided companies with complete information technology (IT) solutions including hardware, software, storage, and service. Espousing the notion that core innovations should not be proprietary, Sun had made its technologies open source. The company’s philosophy was that innovation was sparked when people were free to assemble, participate, and create. This, in turn, enabled market expansion, which had boded well for developers, consumers, and Sun.
Twelve months ago, James had recruited his 45-person team, including 7 members in France, 16 in India, 11 in the UAE, and 11 in the US, to serve Sun’s enterprise customers in Asia and Europe. James had been pleased with the ease by which the global team came together.
3.0 How James Manages ATeam詹姆斯如何管理一个团队
Leadership 领导
JAMES had participated in Open Work in his previous management role and had found the work environment beneficial. So he hopes to make use of the program. He submitted an application for himself and his team. The application had been accepted, and his team was established with some of the employees being home-based and others using the flexible option. This decision can be seen that JAMES is a manager with good leadership ability. He knows how to satisfy his team members’ needs, and to make the right decision to solve problem, which leads his team to achieve their team goals with high efficiency.
Communication 通讯
Good communication can help team members understand the situation and make decision-making more rational and effective.JAMES has a good communication performance. He had kept in touch with his direct reports many times during the week. He also concluded that the best way for him to keep everyone on the same page was to conduct weekly conference calls with his entire tea, of 45. His role is to make sure that they keep the big picture in mind. And because he understand the meeting time is not perfect for everyone, he try to always start and end on time. Through communication, JAMES can make his team more united andcohesive.
Strategic management战略管理
As a manager, JAMES knew theart of strategic management. He sets organization's general direction and objectives for his global team members and formulates a specific strategy. JAMESreturns to India because he sees more opportunities there and knows that he could more rapidly advances his career, given the bourgeoning technology market in the region. This strategic intent helps them find better ways to do great work improve their customer’s work processes and business results.
Planning计划
JAMES has a good plan to recruit new hires in other countries. JAMES was very clear about whathe did when he first took this job. He contacted their local human resource team in Mumbai, India, which sent him 75 impressive resumes of graduates from the India Institutes of Technology. He traveled to Mumbai for a week and hired 16 people. He did the same thing with other countries, which also won him many talents in the field.
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