1. Christine Cope Pence
Catharina Wulf
March 2009
VIRTUAL TEAM BUILDING
“TRAVEL GEMS”
Academic Advisors To International Relocation Consultancies
quot;we help you get the cultural message rightquot;
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2. Agenda
 Introduction of Pence & Wulf
 Desired learning outcomes
 The project assignment
 The completion process
 The final outcome
 Lessons learned
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3. Pence & Wulf
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4. Desired learning outcomes
 Business relevant
 Academically sound
 Virtual team skills
 Creativity
 Innovation
 Cultural awareness skills
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5. The project assignment
The Project:
Working virtually with team members on two continents (USA and Europe), you
are to develop a training module which could be used by consultants and
trainers specialized in international relocation services. Consider that those
conducting the training and those being trained may be from different cultural
backgrounds and may not share the mastery of a common language. They may
not be in the same physical location. Your training module is an online offer
(using your newly minted Wiki on www.wetpaint.com) and should be attractive
to the user both in terms of content and delivery. Develop your training module
around a new scenario for the Outsourced film using one of the following
situations. Be sure to indicate clearly the differences and reasoning for these
differences. Handle socio-cultural stereotypes with care as they might lead you
down a false path toward the confusion of cultural/nationality traits with
individual uniqueness.
- The outsourcing takes place in another Asian country (specify) instead of India.
- The expat manager is from the UK.
- The expat manager is from a country (specify) other than the US.
Team Development Journal:
Design a team journal-manual which illustrates the evolution of your team and its
members through documents such as chat discussion logs, versions of files,
discussion forums, images, and daily blogging events.
Maintain an ongoing annotated bibliography of reference material from
academic and practitioner sources using APA formatting.
This should be done on your Wiki site. You must add the course professors to your
Wiki: catwulf@gmail.com and ccpence@gmail.com
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6. The completion process
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7. The completion process
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8. The completion process
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9. The completion process
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10. The completion process
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11. The final outcome
Something about Cambodia : Country Profile
Once you arrive at the airport
Immigration: How to move to Cambodia
This is what we believe:
Culture/Religion/Traditions in Cambodia
Healthcare system/Education/Infrastructure
in Cambodia
Business: overall condition and courtesy
Business Environment
Making the best of your stay
Going home: Is everything still familiar?
In a nutshell
Pilolo's aim
Expat's links
Bibliography of References
Pilolo Conversation History
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12. The final outcome
 BLOG ARCHIVE
▼ 2009 (16)

▼ March (9)

 Team Pilolo: A Wonderful and
Unique Learning Exper...
 Break the ceiling is definitly
possible!
 A fantastic opportunity
 All's Well That Ends Well
 A surprising journey
 A completed task: From Mr. Todd to
Jane Goodman
 Working on our story/scenario
 Things are looking up!
 Challenges and Frustrations....
► February (7)
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13. The final outcome
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009
Working on our story/scenario
'Teammates, why I am the only one contributing to this blog'? You guys are making me feel like I have too much time
on my hands .
Anyway, I was faced with a little problem a few days ago, regarding our project. During our meeting via msn, I
offered to help some of my teammates - by giving a few ideas towards the scenario/story. As a result, on the task
list that we had posted, my name was included as being assigned that task.
I tried really hard not to take responsibility for this task since I had other parts of the project to complete. After I
was done with my part, and I realized that the scenario had not yet been created, I was a little bothered. Just the
simple fact that my name was written next to the task had me worried. I just was not comfortable having my name
next to an uncompleted task.
I talked to Dr. Pence about it, and although she said not to worry too much about it, I could not let it go. Eventually,
inspired by a fellow teammate in France who worked really hard on Tuesday afternoon/evening, I decided to come
up with the scenario.
Task completed and all... I was left wondering why I just could not wait and let things play out. My name being
attached to the task played a big role in my decision. I remember being told over and over again when I was
growing up, by my parents and teachers, 'Always remember the family from which you come, and that in
everything you do, you are representing your family name'. On the other hand, with regards to completing
assignments, I hate waiting until the last minute. However, when working within a group, you have to adapt to
other people's ways of doing things. I guess, at the end of the day, all that matters is that the job gets done.
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14. The final outcome
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15. Lessons learned
My notes from their
presentations
Our reflections
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