AN IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING
THE DYNAMISM OF CULTURE
UNDER GLOBALIZATION:
EVIDENCE FROM ZIMBABWE

AN IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING
THE DYNAMISM OF CULTURE
UNDER GLOBALIZATION:
EVIDENCE FROM ZIMBABWE

JR SAM TAKAVARASHA

GILFORD HAPANYENGWI,

DONALD CHIMANIKIRE

66 International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, 4(4), 66-81, October-December 2013
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ABSTRACT
Culture has been analysed in information systems (IS) projects as one of the soft issues that cause project
failure. Increased outsourcing and collaboration call for an understanding of the dynamism of cultures in the
wake of global influences as a first step towards managing cross cultural Information Technology (IT) proj-
ects. In this study, the authors propose a way of assessing cultural dynamics in the context of trans-national
collaboration in IT projects. Using a mixed methods approach consisting of survey and semi-structured
interviews for collecting evidence in Zimbabwe, a framework for assessing the current state of communalist
culture is proposed. The study showed that in spite of the inroads of Westernization and Commercialization,
a culture of sharing prevails although it is affected by sensitivity to cost burden and inroads of individualism

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