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Your project has a virtual team. Half of your team members are located in another country, where they are working for a subcontractor. ?

The subcontractor's team members speak a different dialect of English than your team does. After a conference call, two of your team members make jokes about the way your subcontractor's team members speak. What is the BEST way to handle this situation? A. Correct the team members individually, and hold a training session for your team to help remove communications barriers B. Immediately correct the two people in front of the rest of the team C. Report the team members to senior management and recommend that they be punished D. Remove noise from the communication by contacting the subcontractor and requesting that the team adjust the way they speak

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Question added by Muhammad Farooq , QA-QC MANAGER , AL Bawani contracting co.
Date Posted: 2018/09/16
Abduljalil Almarzooq
by Abduljalil Almarzooq , Human Resource Manager , Plastbau Company

Answer "A". yes, I will sit down with individual and gently correct their behavior. and provide a training session to them for a communication to remove the barriers by understanding their cultures. 

A option is correct in my point of view

Muhammad Farooq
by Muhammad Farooq , QA-QC MANAGER , AL Bawani contracting co.

Answer: A.  The PMP Code of Professional Conduct requires cultural sensitivity to others. It's unacceptable to belittle anyone based on how they speak, the way they dress, or any other aspect of their cultural background. If you see a member of your team doing this, it's your responsibility to do what's necessary to correct the behavior and prevent it from happening in the future.

Mohamed Motasim Salih
by Mohamed Motasim Salih , Planning Engineer , National Innovative General Maintenace (NIGM), Part of NCC Group

I would go with option A. The behaviour conducted by the two memers is ethically not excepted, but it dose indicate a communicaton problem that need to be solved using a suitable facilitation technique.

First Class
by First Class , Managing Consultant , First Class Management Consultancy

TRAIN THE TEAM THE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH RESPECT FOR EACH OTHERAND CAPACIATATE THEM ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL TOLERANCE

hafeda moqaddem
by hafeda moqaddem , Financial Analyst and jurist , bayt.com

Focus first on those who are in front of me in the first place, and later we will resort to sub-workers so that we can equalize opportunities between them

Muhammad Junaid Khan
by Muhammad Junaid Khan , Project HSE Supervisor , Networking & System Integration (NESIC)

Among other options, option A is the best option

It is important to overcome communication barries, it can lead to failures and disappointment in relationships. that why it is important to overcome communiction barries.

I support A.

 

Nigel Patrick Kitchingman
by Nigel Patrick Kitchingman , Assistant Diving Operations & Diving Safety Manager , Halul Offshore Services Co

Internet communications have improved over the past years conference call and document  sharing is now common practice with software such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom.  These products allow the communications initiator to control who attends meeting and the level of communication during the period, such as video and audio access.

Zahid Qureshi
by Zahid Qureshi , Chief Manager , Askari Bank

A. Correct the team members individually, and hold a training session for your team to help remove communications barriers 

Puneet Singh Aulakh
by Puneet Singh Aulakh , Salesman Cum Cashier , Retail shop

If we want the cooperation of all the team WE shuold manage the proper training for communications. 

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