The study explores the subjects of organizational change and management of intercultural teams. The goal of the study is to spread knowledge about how an intercultural team should be managed in order to assure the best possible success of an organizational change initiative. It has long been recognized that organizations constantly need to change in order to stay competitive. At the same time it has also been recognized that organizations today operate on the global arena with operations spread to many different parts of the world. It is thus important to understand how an intercultural team should be managed in order to assure the success of an organizational change initiative.The aim of this study has been to provide information and guidelines that may be used by academia as well as professionals to better understand how to manage an intercultural team that conducts an organizational change. A total of six different guidelines have been presented in this research - each one important in assuring an effective teamwork and a successful organizational change.The study has been conducted using a qualitative research approach and the method used for gathering data has been interviews as well as literature studies. / Program: Magisterutbildning i informatik
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hb-16946 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Wennerström, Lee |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, University of Borås/School of Business and IT |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Magisteruppsats, ; 2012MAGI11 |
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