Economical information and communication design for multi-national projects

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to inform information and communication design (ICD) for multi-national projects through the presentation of an example that does not rely on expensive expertise in graphic design.

Design/methodology/approach

Action research involving participants from five different sectors.

Findings

Successful ICD is not necessarily dependent upon costly graphic design of elaborate explanatory methods such as storyboards.

Research limitations/implications

The action research involved participants from only five differect sectors.

Practical implications

Economical ICD can facilitate development of understanding among multi-sector multi-national project participants.

Originality/value

The originality of this research note is that it addresses recent developments in ICD. The value of this research note is that an example is provided of application in a multi-sector multi-national project.

Citation

Fox, S. and Grösser, S. (2015), "Economical information and communication design for multi-national projects", International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 574-585. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-02-2015-0014