GLOBAL BRIDGES Remote Management Simulation

Remote Management is cooperation across spatial distance between various locations,
across borders, language and cultural barriers and time zones

Areas of application of the simulation GLOBAL BRIDGES

In training programs on international project management
In international roll-outs (area-wide)
At the kick-off of an international project
For the general expansion of knowledge and practice in (international) cooperation
across distance, in order to be able to fulfill this global challenge professionally
Checklists are handed out covering the Remote Management Simulation, which can
also be used at a later date in "real business life"

Free Form Game (the remote situation is simulated using a telephone system, paper emails
or possibly with wireless LAN and laptops)
There will be 3-4 teams and a project office from differing countries spatially distanced
working together on the planning and execution of a bridge construction project
working in such a way that they can only communicate remote by phone or email.
Face-to-face meetings cost money, time and "nerves". (stress factor)
The project office has to manage a predetermined budget, the deadline, the
clients, the line management, both internal and external customers
and the project teams.
The project teams have to manage the interfaces between themselves and the
project office as well as their budget and international purchasing.
You kann change your role between managed and manager, and between HQ
and subsidiary!!!
In the debriefing sessions the specific challenges to be faced in a remote working
situation are discussed and critical success factors and coping strategies in remote
management are ascertained.

You will be sensitized to the particular challanges of remote management (cooperation across
distance), learn about approaches for coping successfully and train their application.
You experience first-hand, how you as project manager and / or project team member are to
manage a project remote (= across distance) as well as the international and intercultural challenges
and practise effective remote management in all stages of the project.
By changing roles you will receive a deep insight and understanding of the concerns and challenges
faced by both sides!
After each simulation round you will ascertain the most important learning experiences in such a way
as to better cope with future remote situations