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The Challenge
While several service industries have explored global execution approach for their services,
very few have succeeded as a result of several challenges posed by global execution.
The key contribution to failure of global execution are due to temporal, cultural and
geographical distance, which causes a range of factors to come into play.
Due to the temporal, geographical and socio-culrutal disstances the key challenges in managing a globally distributed
engagements are -
Reduced opportunity for synchronous communication, especially when teams are working across different time zones.
Social and cultural differences across people from different cultural background resulting in misunderstandings.
Increased coordination and communication overheads resulting in increase and cost and time to market.
Inconsistant work practices can reduce coordination and cooperation between the team members.
Different regulatory requirements across different regions can impose additional integration challenges.
Knowledge management and transition maangement with people working across different locations.
Ability to convey vision, strategy and have all of the teams working across different locations working in tandem.
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