Effective multicultural project management: the role of human interdependence

The purpose of this paper is to look at human interdependence and its significance in project management.

The paper focuses solely on human interaction in the context of a short-term project consisting of preparing a small “international” fair in Gatineau, Québec (Canada). For this purpose, an established questionnaire was used which aimed to evaluate the predator-prey dynamic between team members (as described by Mesly in a recent paper).

Human interdependence indeed plays a key role in the functioning of short-lived projects (and, this paper assumes, of long-term projects as well).

The paper places emphasis on considering the human power-game factor (predator-prey) more strongly in future project endeavors.