Can project managers still rely on the adage of “When in Rome do as Romans?’
The unprecedented change caused by rapidly expanding marketplace and globalisation is making project management become more complex with multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural project teams that operate across borders, across different times zone and in multiple languages.
Major projects today, more than ever, require project managers who can effectively lead in cross-cultural environments. Project managers must develop the ability to adapt to new cultural contexts quickly, comfortably, and successfully and move from simple cultural awareness to more sophisticated understanding and appreciation of cultural differences.
In this lecture, our speaker will share his experience and lessons learned while working on a complex project in Thailand and how culture and diversity had impacted on the project.
The aim of this lecture is to encourage project management professionals to adopt a different mindset that understands and accepts cultural diversity because it is equally important as the triple constraints as it can be a reason for a project to succeed or fail.
Ashvind K. Choolhun has 15 years experience in the design, construction and commissioning of sugar factories. He
has held different posts including Design Engineer for multiple sugar factories expansion project, Project Engineer for aggregates plant expansion, site-based Quality Engineer for the construction of a Bio-Ethanol Plant in Sierra Leone and Commissioning Lead for a sugar factory expansion project in Zambia. He has also been involved in Oil & Gas depot upgrading works and Cogeneration Plant construction projects. Since September 2017, Ashvind has been based in Thailand working on a sugar project as Project Mechanical Engineer. He has also studied MBA from the University of Mauritius. He is a certified PMP since August 2021, member of PMI and PMI Thailand Chapter since October 2017 and also a member of the Association for Project Management, UK (MAPM) since October 2021.
Diversity and Culture – Lessons Learned from Delivering a Complex Project in Thailand
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Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Time: 18:00 – 20:30
Fees: 500 THB for members; 700 THB for non-members
Location: Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit Soi 20 and Virtually Via Zoom
PDUs: 2 Leadership PDUs
Registration for this event is closed by 10 AM
EVENT INFO :
- Speaker:Ashvind K. Choolhun
- Start Date:July 20, 2022
- Start Time:6:00pm
- End Date:July 20, 2022
- End Time:8:30pm
- Location:Novotel Hotel 19/9 Sukhumvit 20 Alley, Khwaeng Khlong Toei, Klongton Bangkok 10110
- Website:pmithai.org
- Organizer:PMI Thailand