Global Decision Making:
Your company has just formed a strategic alliance with a company from another part of the world. Your company as appointed you to lead the transition team, which includes executives from Canada, Mexico, Singapore and Switzerland. The team must make many decisions about the alliance right away. What would you do as a team leader to ensure that the decision-making process in the transition team quickly becomes as effective as possible?
Deciding to Operate In Russia
Your company, which is headquartered in Latin America, is very seriously considering expanding operations to Russia. Some of your colleagues are quite concerned about what has been described as the "wild" west business environment in Russia, and the level of corruption - both real and perceived. What process would you recommend that your company use for deciding if this is the right time to invest in operations in Russia?