Assume you have just been appointed to the position of portfolio manager for a multinational firm. The organization's project success ratio has been dismal, and the executive board members appointed you because they feel that you are the type of individual that can make a difference.

• What is your first course of action?
• Why is that action necessary?
• How will that make a difference in the future?
• How will ethical, demographic, and cultural differences influence your decision?
• How will you accommodate the complex interfaces of language, time, and distance?