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Working Virtually: Challenges of Virtual Teams

Working Virtually: Challenges of Virtual Teams more books like this

by Robert Jones

Virtual teams have been used to leverage scarce and distributed resources for many years. Expense reductions, health epidemics, air travel safety, and complex supply chains have only intensified this need. General best practices for leading and participating in virtual teams are well known but why are there still misconceptions about their ...

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The 2-Second Commute: Join the Exploding Ranks of Freelance Virtual Assistants

The 2-Second Commute: Join the Exploding Ranks of Freelance Virtual Assistants more books like this

by Christine Durst, Michael Haaren

Virtual Assistants work from home, providing everything from administrative support to high-end consulting via email, phone and fax. Predicted to be a $130 billion industry by 2008, they don?t commute, they set their own hours, and they get to spend time with their kids. Wouldn?t you like to be a VA, too? The 2-Second Commute will help you decide ...

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Cybercorp the New Business Revolution

Cybercorp the New Business Revolution more books like this

by James Martin, S.J

This text explores the corporation of the future, including the kinds of organizations that will succeed and those that will fail. The author argues that corporate survivors will be those that harness the power of the cyberspace revolution and network-centric computing.

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Cbi Series in Practical Strategy, Virtual Organizations and Beyond: Discovering Imaginary Systems

Cbi Series in Practical Strategy, Virtual Organizations and Beyond: Discovering Imaginary Systems more books like this

by Bo Hedberg, Gvran Dahlgren, Jurgen Hansson

The virtual organization is a form where only what is used has to be paid for. It has the capability of the real organization, but does not itself have the tangible facilities and permanent employees that is the traditional way of meeting the requirements of customer. It is a concept which gives flexibility, lower overall cost, and reduces the ...

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Teleworking: International Perspectives: From Telecommuting to the Virtual Organisation

Teleworking: International Perspectives: From Telecommuting to the Virtual Organisation more books like this

by Paul J Jackson

Teleworking is an up-to-date, groundbreaking and comprehensive assessment of teleworking. Based upon a conference at Brunel University, which was sponsored by BT and the European Commission, the book features contributions from a range of international and interdisciplinary perspectives. As well as an original analysis of the theoretical context ...

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Network-Centric Collaboration and Supporting Frameworks: IFIP TC5 WG 5.5, Seventh IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, 25-27 September 2006, Helsinki, Finland

Network-Centric Collaboration and Supporting Frameworks: IFIP TC5 WG 5.5, Seventh IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, 25-27 September 2006, Helsinki, Finland more books like this

by Luis M Camarinha-Matos (Editor), Hamideh Afsarmanesh (Editor), Martin Ollus (Editor)

Collaborative Networks is a fast developing area, as shown by the already large number of diverse real-world implemented cases and the dynamism of its related involved research community. Benefiting from contributions of multiple areas, nameley management, economy, social sciences, law and ethics, etc., the area of Collaborative Networs is being ...

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Business in a Virtual World

Business in a Virtual World more books like this

by Fiona Czerniawska, Gavin Potter

Every organization consists of two parts: the physical and the virtual. Traditionally, it has been a company's physical assets that determined its success. In the future, it will be its virtual assets--knowledge. Business in a Virtual World explains the new economic laws that apply to this scenario, describes how leading-edge companies are ...

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Virtual Organizations: Systems and Practices

Virtual Organizations: Systems and Practices more books like this

by Luis M Camarinha-Matos (Editor), Hamideh Afsarmanesh (Editor), Martin Ollus (Editor)

The area of Virtual Organizations as a main component of the new discipline of Collaborative Networks has been particularly active in Europe where a large number of R&D projects have been funded. Many projects and practical developments of collaborative networks have also been taking place in other regions, namely the USA, Australia, Mexico, ...

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Going Virtual

Going Virtual more books like this

by Ray Grenier, George Metes

Any manager, including organizational decision makers and influencers committed to the virtual organization; leaders and members of value-adding non-collocated work teams, processes; middle managers, product managers, process re-engineering experts, IS and network managers, MBA curriculum designers, distance learning professionals, teachers and ...

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Agile Virtual Enterprises: Implementation and Management Support

Agile Virtual Enterprises: Implementation and Management Support more books like this

by Maria Manuela Cunha, Goran D Putnik

Agile/virtual enterprise (A/VE) is seen as a new and most advanced organizational paradigm, and is expected to serve as a vehicle towards a seamless perfect alignment of the enterprise within the market. "Agile Virtual Enterprises: Implementation and Management Support" addresses A/VE as a highly dynamic, reconfigurable agile network of ...

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Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New Nature of Business Practices more books like this

by Pavel Zemliansky

At one time, the office was a physical place, and employees congregated in the same location to work together on projects. The advent of the internet and the world wide web, however, not only made the unthinkable possible, it forever changed the way persons view both the office and work. "Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New ...

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Knowledge Management and Networked Environments: Leveraging Intellectual Capital in Virtual Business Communities more books like this

by Dr Svenja Falk, Alfred J Beerli (Editor), Daniel Diemers (Editor)

Top minds from Accenture headline an all-star lineup of strategy and information experts from business and academia. How can companies ensure that the information being shared is relevant, timely, and above all, accurate? The answer to this question comes from the world-recognized experts that have contributed to Knowledge Management and Networked ...

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Becoming Virtual more books like this

by Paul D Jackson (Editor), Jane E Klobas (Editor)

This book examines the capabilities needed to transform a globally distributed organization into a virtual organization (an organization that exists and operates across time and distance with the support of global communications technologies such as the Internet). It introduces techniques for definition of goals for virtualization, for monitoring ...

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Intelligent Systems for Manufacturing: Multi-Agent Systems and Virtual Organizations more books like this

by Chapman, Chapman & Hall, Hall

The development of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems represents a worldwide tendency. The areas of Multi-Agent Systems and Intelligent Mobile Agents offer a promising approach to such developments. Advances in electronic information exchange and multimedia have opened new opportunities for team work in networks of small and medium-sized ...

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Virtual Reality more books like this

by Professor Dimitris N Chorafas, Heinrich Steinmann

Based on an extensive, international research project on the practical applications of virtual reality, this book demonstrates that there is a growing range of virtual reality applications in an expanding domain of fields - from power production and civil defence to medicine and banking. The book explains what virtual reality is about, and ...

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Virtual, Distributed and Flexible Organisations more books like this

by Kecheng Liu (Editor)

"Organisational Semiotics" offers an effective approach to analysing organisations and modelling organisational behaviour. The methods and techniques derived from "Organisational Semiotics" enable us to study the organisation by examining how information is created and used for communication, coordination and performance of actions towards ...

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The Virtual World of Work: How to Gain Competitive Advantage Through the Virtual Workplace (PB) more books like this

by Ken J McLennan

The purpose of this book project is to analyze why the workplace is changing so rapidly, identify the enabling factors and understand what we can do to best prepare for the future. The analysis led to four significant factors which are all fundamental to the formation of the future world of work. They are the incredible enabling technologies, ...

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Telecommuting and Virtual Offices: Issues and Opportunities more books like this

by Nancy J Johnson

A presentation of research and advice on issues relating to telecommuting and virtual offices. It is designed for academics or practitioners seeking a better understanding of designing and managing telework programmes.

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Knowledge Management and Business Model Innovation more books like this

by Yogesh Malhotra

Business model innovation is being recognized as a key enabler for unleashing value creation for new digital enterprises. In contrast to traditional factors of production, knowledge assets and intellectual capital are expected to play a dominant role in determining both valuation and value-creation capabilities of most such new age enterprises. ...

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Understanding the Virtual Organization more books like this

by Bob Norton, Cathy Smith

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Manag Imaginary Organiz Asmh more books like this

by K J Rao, Bo Hedberg (Editor), Ali Yakhlef (Editor)

Traditionally, organizations have consisted of collections of people who physically gather together in one place to carry out some kind of coordinated activity. Today, however, business is increasingly relying on "virtual" processes in which people engage in internet-mediated interactions that often span the globe. These processes create ...

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Connectivity and Knowledge Management in Virtual Organizations: Networking and Interactive Communications more books like this

by Cesar Camison

Offers managers and academicians with a comprehensive review of innovations and trends in virtual organizations.

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Agent and Web Service Technologies in Virtual Enterprises more books like this

by Nicolaos Protogeros

Explores research on new technologies for the virtual enterprise operation that has opened up new ideas on the design principles and operation approaches in order to maximize benefits and overcome limitations encountered.

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Computer-Mediated Relationships and Trust: Managerial and Organizational Effects more books like this

by Linda L Brennan

Examines how building trust is different for managers developing "virtual" relationships.

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Advances in Networked Enterprises more books like this

by Luis Camarinha-Matos (Editor), Hamideh Afsarmanesh (Editor), Heinz-H Erbe (Editor)

New market trends and the emergence of the so-called Internet-based "new economy" are leading companies to new forms of organization, mostly relying on privileged co-operation links. Nowadays, most manufacturing processes are not carried out by single enterprises. Rather, organizations feel the need to focus on their core competencies and join ...

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