Case Study of Japanese ICT firms' Organization and Methodology for Multinational Project Management : View Points of Culture and Value Systems(<Special Issue>Mechanism and Organization Activity for Succeeding Project)

Abstract

This paper describes ICT Project cases of Japanese Multinational Companies (JMNCs), focusing on the difference in the characteristics and the value systems by ethnic groups. Due to the current "Globalization" trends, Project Managers have to manage the cultural gaps between stakeholders. Then Author summarizes lessons learned how to understand mutually with multinational team members, and guide to the goal successfully as a team though the idea of Semi-Globalization, after experiencing the conflict between Anglo-American Standards and Japanese Strands.