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Leadership in International Information Technology Projects - Cross-Cultural Considerations for Japan and India

Pooja Sardeshmukh *, Zhivko Stoyanov , Mattias Hallberg

Affiliations

  • Rakuten Inc, Japan

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Abstract


This paper describes the leadership challenges in Information Technology projects outsourced from Japan to India. During execution of such projects, project team members have to deliver under pressure with tight deadlines. At the same time, they face the multiple cultural gaps which hinder the collaboration between the two teams. We report here some observations on real life project stories and conclude with suggestions for developing effective leaders for project management between Japan and India.

Keywords

Japanese Outsourcing, India, Cultural Gap, Software Development, Project Management, Japan, Infrastructure, Information Technology.

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