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Some `real' Problems of `virtual' Teamwork (1998)
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Tolmie, Peter Rouncefield, Mark Hughes, John |
| Abstract | One of the organisational concepts which is currently receiving considerable attention is that of the `virtual organisation' (Dividow and Malone, 1992) and associated notions such as `virtual teamwork'. Although admittedly replete with conceptual confusions and clearly accompanied by considerable `hype' such organisational forms, it is claimed, address major transformations in the social, economic and technological environment in which organisations operate. These `virtual' organisational arrangements consist of networks of workers and organisational units, linked by information technology in order to give coordination to their activities, combining their skills and resources to achieve common goals. Such teamworking, "less fettered by the constraints of traditional hierarchies and speres of responsibility, engenders a heightened sense of empowerment, commitment and collective responsibility" (Casey 1995:45). This sort of analysis clearly impacts on the various debates on `skil... |
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| Publisher Date | 1998-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Various Debate Virtual Organisation Organisational Arrangement Consist Collective Responsibility Major Transformation Heightened Sense Organisational Unit Common Goal Considerable Attention Conceptual Confusion Organisational Concept Organisational Form Technological Environment Traditional Hierarchy Virtual Teamwork Information Technology |
| Content Type | Text |
