Chapter 7. DEALING WITH DIVERSITY IN R&D ORGANIZATIONS
As markets and access to technology have spread internationally, R&D organizations have become more culturally diverse. Research teams with one scientist in Asia, another in Europe, and a third one in North America are now much more common than they were a decade ago.
E-mail and other electronic forms of communication allow for extensive and inexpensive international communications. Talent can be found in many places, and the very top people from every continent often like to work together. Joint research projects with scientists who are different in culture, gender, age, sexual orientation, discipline, organizational level, and function are more common.
In addition, many of the world's ...
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