Continuing the overview of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory, we get into the masculinity index or MAS. This dimension has evolved...

Recent data show that the percentage of freelancers in the U.S. workforce is increasing. It is likely that, at some point, you will have...

The individualism index, or IDV, is the second of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory that we will overview. The complete name of this...

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Project management offices (PMO) have been around for a long time and yet a lot are still failing to deliver what organizations expect...

Some factors can integrate a geographically distributed team, and some can do the opposite just as well. One of the factors that...

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Today, let’s try to solve a mystery. Don’t really like mysteries? Okay, I’ll make it easier by giving you a hint: it has to do with...

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About ten years ago –not too long in real-time, but an eternity in technology time–, there was this buzzword, “cultural intelligence.”...

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So much of the success of an implementation project hinges on the completeness of the testing. In order to do a good job in the testing...

Have you heard at least one of the following statements? “Germans drink a lot of beer.” “Americans can only speak English.” “Italians are...