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Virtual Teams: Please review a selection of books that we offer on Managing and participating on Virtual Teams.
Virtual Teams: People Working across Boundaries with Technology Virtual Teams, Second Edition emphasizes the importance of focusing first on people rather than technology when trying to make a virtual workplace happen. Successful virtual companies observe the "The 90/10 Rule. " It's 90% people and 10% technology. Along with focusing on the 90/10 theme, the authors have updated all examples and cases, adding new ones from Shell Oil, SCIENTECH, Ernst and Young, United Nations Development Program, Verifone and Palm Pilot.
The Distance Manager: A Hands On
Guide to Managing Off-Site Employees and Virtual Teams "This book shows you how to do it well. You'll learn from the experiences of a large cross-section of managers who have been in the front lines of this new managerial paradigm. Their job descriptions vary widely: they are sales managers, project team leaders, field-technician managers, executives of global businesses. They work for a broad range of companies, including Xerox, Hewlett-Packard, Weyerhaeuser, ARCO Exploration and Production, Sun Microsystems, Dell Computers and Proctor & Gamble. But all have had to learn to handle the fundamental problem that every distance manager faces: making sure you are getting peak performance from employees you rarely see face-to-face."<P> "You'll also learn to master the technology that distance managers depend on: videoconferencing, Web conferencing, the daily flood of email, and more. Mastering Virtual Teams : Strategies, Tools, and Techniques That Succeed Over 80% of companies use virtual teams, these teams need practical information about working successfully. This book provides practical tools and advice on how to lead and be a member of a virtual team. Geographic expansion and globalization of corporations has been a widespread phenomenon; however, after strategies and structure are put into place, many organizations find that achieving business objectives relies on teamwork among people from different parts of the company, and from different cultures, in different locations. These teams must work across distance, time, and organizational boundaries to leverage intellectual capital and apply it as quickly as possible. Virtual teams do not operate according to team models designed for teams that reside in the same location. Tools
for Virtual Teams : A Team Fitness Companion
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