Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior - Soltanieh ...

MAKE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE FIT NATIONAL CULTURES AND THE GLOBAL CULTURE 631
EXERCISES *
The MCT project – bonus allocation
You are the global HR manager in a big multinational company that provides programming
services. The company received a big project from a new global Chinese customer. The
estimated time for accomplishing the project was one year.
A multicultural team (MCT) from a few subsidiaries was nominated to complete
the mission. The virtual MCT consisted of five employees who worked on this project,
which was estimated to bring revenues of about $ 2,000,000. However, the customer
needed to have the project completed within nine months due to some changes in
the market.
You talked with the team and promised them a bonus if they meet the new deadline.
The team members stayed long hours and put in a lot of effort. As a result of the extra
time and effort, the team was able to make it on time.
You have $ 100,000 to allocate as a bonus to the five group members. You have the
following information about the five employees:
Person A: American nationality. He was the team leader. Put in a lot of effort and extra
time to accomplish the project. He is very young (26 years old), single, individualist, and
a promising manager.
Person B: German nationality. Did his best to get the project done within nine months
and stayed extra hours at work, despite the fact that he is a single parent with two
young children.
Person C: Mexican nationality. She is an excellent team member, very helpful to the other
members. She badly needs more money to cover extra medical expenses for her parents.
Person D: Chinese nationality. He is a very infl uential person in his community. His
social network helped the company to get this project. He spends a great deal of time
socializing with employees of the customer Chinese company during the project.
Person E: Indian nationality. She is a specialist. She has the specialized knowledge
necessary to do the work. Her contribution was crucial to the project and accounted
for about 30% of the total time saving.
Distribute the $ 100,000 among the five team members. Indicate the percentage allocated
to each member, the amount of money allocated to each member, and why. Specify the
reasons for your decision.
* I would like to thank my doctoral student Alon Lisak for his contribution to preparing
the exercises.