Global Project Management: Pedagogy For Distributed Teams

• Main Authors: GAN, Benjamin Kok Siew, WEINBERG, Randy, MANSAR, Selma Limam
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: Students; collaboration; Singapore; global project management; United States; teaching and learning; Asian Studies; Computer Sciences; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1341; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2340/viewcontent/GlobalProjectManagementPedagogyDistributedTeams_2010.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper reflects on pedagogy for teaching collaborative global projects across universities in different countries. Over a period of four years, students at three universities - one in the United States, one in Singapore and one in the Middle East - enrolled in a course called "Global Project Management". In this course, coordinated across locations, students experience a global project with distant team members. We describe the course experience and student perceptions of the requisite skills, collaboration tools and challenges bearing on effective global project work.