跨国企业临时性项目团队如何实现跨业务单元协作——基于沃尔沃公司临时性项目团队的案例研究

How Does Temporary Project Team of Multinational Enterprises Achieve Collaboration across Business Unit:A Case Study of Temporary Project Team in Volvo

随着国际环境不确定性和组织网络化趋势增强,探究跨国企业临时性项目团队如何在团队网络中创造高效协作,逐渐得到学术界和企业界的广泛关注。基于沃尔沃2个临时性项目团队进行双案例对比分析,在个体和团队层面深入剖析了临时性项目团队高绩效协作路径的实现机制。结果发现:第一,个体成员网络嵌入与团队组织惯性协同共演,团队成员主要通过结构嵌入与关系嵌入,进行不同方式的网络嵌入演化,在个体网络嵌入的过程中,团队会随之形成不同的组织惯性与之相匹配,可以分为行为惯性与认知惯性;第二,不同的网络嵌入与组织惯性特征,对团队协作绩效会产生不同的影响,强关系下形成的认知惯性容易产生行为惰性,导致协作效率的低下,而弱连接驱动的行为惯性更能够克服路径依赖所带来的恶性循环,显著促进临时性团队高绩效协作的快速实现。

With the uncertainty of international environment and the increasing trend of organization network,it is very important to explore how the temporary project team of multinational enterprises can create efficient cooperation in the team network.Based on the comparative analysis of two temporary project teams in Volvo,the path to the collaboration performance of temporary project teams are analyzed dynamically.The research found:Firstly,the network embedding of individual members is coordinated with the inertia of team organization.Team members mainly carry out network embedding evolution in different ways through structure embedding and relationship embedding.In the process of embedding individual networks,teams will form different Organizational inertia matched with it,including behavioral inertia and cognitive inertia.Secondly,different network embedding and organizational inertia characteristics have different effects on teamwork performance.The cognitive inertia formed under strong relationship is prone to behavioral laziness,resulting in low cooperation efficiency,while weak connection-driven behavioral inertia is more capable.Overcoming the vicious circle of path dependence significantly promotes the rapid implementation of high-performance collaboration among temporary teams.