MULTICULTURAL TEAMS

"In a functioning international team every member will have a specific task, yet all of them work towards the same goal and support each other in reaching it. 'Team spirit is particularly strong in projects abroad, because generally everyone has to pull together"  says managing consultant Stefan Krämer. He has been managing international teams at Detecon since 2005


 In a Multicultural team is very important the synergy between the fibula that make the team because each of the individuals who are from different countries, where customs have been forged by their families and society in which they live, so it is important that the person who leads the team have the appropriate qualities to manage the knowledge of each of the members and likewise handle situations to avoid cultural clashes.

One of the main advantages that can be found within a multicultural team is the variety of skills and concepts that can be collected, and that the diversity of cultures can meet different perspectives. Furthermore, by these groups it is easier to solve problems in a creative and innovative way, because sometimes, depending on the origin of each indiviudos, can expose new ideas that are not fully aware of the others


Despite being common practice within companies and have big advantages as the variety in knowledge and strategy, it is important to have a strict control of its evolution, as the rules and regulations that stand in it, also They are not common to each of the members, so it is vital that the person who leads the team has enough touch to the successful completion of all the problems that may occur

WHO DO WE LIVE MULTICULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS

Today we see the great progress of multiculturalism and a clear example of this is the academic environment at our university, which are becoming more and more students coming from other countries not only by academics but also by the experiences in society, it helps to know us between cultures and learn to recognize how to act, so that every time negotiations and bilateral agreements between countries is becoming more, not only by negotiations and academic terms, but also by the importance of personal relationships, which in many cases is more important than the money itself 

SOURCES:

 International teams: Successful intercultural cooperation. (n.d.). Retrieved May 16, 2015, from http://www.alumniportal-deutschland.org/en/jobs-career/article/international-teams-successful-intercultural-cooperation.html