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Sustaining Organizational Culture in the Globally Distributed Environment

Sustaining Organizational Culture in the Globally Distributed Environment

Kathy L. Milhauser
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781609605339|ISBN10: 1609605330|EISBN13: 9781609605346
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-533-9.ch004
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Milhauser, Kathy L. "Sustaining Organizational Culture in the Globally Distributed Environment." Distributed Team Collaboration in Organizations: Emerging Tools and Practices, edited by Kathy L. Milhauser, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 51-63. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-533-9.ch004

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Milhauser, K. L. (2011). Sustaining Organizational Culture in the Globally Distributed Environment. In K. Milhauser (Ed.), Distributed Team Collaboration in Organizations: Emerging Tools and Practices (pp. 51-63). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-533-9.ch004

Chicago

Milhauser, Kathy L. "Sustaining Organizational Culture in the Globally Distributed Environment." In Distributed Team Collaboration in Organizations: Emerging Tools and Practices, edited by Kathy L. Milhauser, 51-63. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-533-9.ch004

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Abstract

Organizations of all sizes are finding it necessary to expand their operations across geographic boundaries in a phenomenon that has been referred to as the globally distributed team. While this trend is typically a response to business opportunity, it is not without challenges. One of those challenges is how to maintain organizational culture as teams become globally distributed. The goal of the research detailed in this chapter was to examine a single organization that has been utilizing distributed teams to facilitate product development. A single case study method was used. Data was gathered through a series of semi-structured interviews with employees who participated in a distributed product development team. The chapter includes a review of the organization’s approach to orienting employees to the organizational culture, maintaining focus on the culture over a period of years, and extending the culture to support globalization while maintaining the integration of distributed teams into the overall organization.

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