International virtual teams : engineering global communication /

• Main Author: Brewer, Pam Estes (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : IEEE Press : Wiley, 2015.
• Series: IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series.
• Subjects: Leadership.; Success in business.; Teams in the workplace.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.; Electronic books.

Dr. Brewer presents a complete guide to international virtual team communication with the most up-to-date research developments in the engineering workplace on a global scale, and a problem-solving approach to using and communicating in virtual teams. Presents guidelines heavily based on empirical d...

Table of Contents:

• The critical role of global virtual teams
• Virtual team basics
• Cultural preparation for virtual teams
• Patterns that challenge the effectiveness of global virtual teams
• How to prevent, identify, and resolve miscommunication in virtual teams
• Technology and global virtual teams
• Establishing successful global virtual teams
• Evaluating and maintaining effective global virtual teams
• Designing training for global virtual team communication
• Methods used in study A (Survey on using international virtual teams in engineering)
• Methods used in study B (Case study research of international virtual teams).