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Manager's guide to virtual teams /

A hands-on guide for managing people and projects working from home, on the road, or in client sites; covers every aspect of virtual management--motivation, building teams, meeting deadlines, file sharing, teleconferencing, email, coaching, and videoconferencing.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Fisher, Kimball (Autor), Fisher, Mareen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2011]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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245 1 0 |a Manager's guide to virtual teams /  |c Kimball Fisher and Mareen Fisher. 
250 |a First edition. 
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264 4 |c ?2011 
300 |a 1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages) :  |b illustrations. 
336 |a text  |2 rdacontent 
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490 1 |a McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering 
500 |a "Lead effectively from remote sites; Communicate across cultural boundaries; Increase your team's performance"-- Cover 
500 |a "Briefcase books."-- Cover 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a B. Dedication -- C. Preface -- Special features -- Acknowledgments -- D. About the authors -- 1. What is a virtual team? -- The challenges of working with virtual teams -- Why are virtual teams becoming so common? -- Defining virtual teams -- What's in this book? -- Manager's checklist for chapter 1 -- 2. Managing space, time, and culture -- The three key variables affecting virtual teams -- What besides geography causes cultural distance? -- Use whatever advantages you have -- Manager's checklist for chapter 2 -- 3. The seven competencies of effective virtual team leaders -- The seven competencies of virtual team leaders -- Distance manager effectiveness assessment -- Manager's checklist for chapter 3 -- 4. What virtual team employees need from their manager -- How do you control distance workers? -- What do virtual team members need from their leaders? -- Manager's checklist for chapter 4 -- 5. Bridging cultural differences -- Techworld mini-case study -- How do cultures differ? -- Dealing with different country-of-origin cultures -- Cultural self-awareness assessment -- Manager's checklist for chapter 5 -- 6. Starting up (or refocusing) a virtual team -- Selecting virtual team members -- Orientation for new virtual team members -- Creating a team charter -- Practical tips for chartering -- Role clarification -- Operating guidelines -- Technology-use protocols -- Setting technology protocols -- Manager's checklist for chapter 6 -- 7. Building trust from a distance -- The problematic e-mail -- Tips for developing trust -- How overcoming isolation in virtual teams builds trust -- Celebrating from a distance -- Manager's checklist for chapter 7 -- 8. Using telephonic collaboration technologies -- Mini-case study: a day in the life of a virtual team leader -- Using communication technologies effectively -- Effective phone use -- Telephone tips -- Effective teleconferencing -- Tips for effective teleconferences -- Instant messaging -- Videophones -- Manager's checklist for chapter 8 -- 9. Using videoconferencing and internet-based collaboration tools -- Videoconferencing -- Using e-mail?without letting it take over your life -- Web conferencing -- Using whiteboards -- Social networking -- Manager's checklist for chapter 9. 
505 0 |a 10. Improving the business iq of team members -- Understanding your business -- Basic economics -- Understanding customer expectations -- Working with business partners -- Improving the value chain -- Manager's checklist for chapter 10 -- 11. Teaching finance fundamentals to virtual teams -- Budgets -- Calculating a cost/benefit analysis -- Understanding profit -- Reading income statements -- Financial terms and concepts -- Manager's checklist for chapter 11 -- 12. Improving communication and feedback skills -- The communication process -- Empathic listening -- Giving feedback -- Receiving feedback -- Manager's checklist for chapter 12 -- 13. Creative problem solving for virtual teams -- Six-step problem-solving process -- Problem-solving tools -- Creativity tools -- Manager's checklist for chapter 13 -- 14. Managing performance from a distance -- Performance management basics -- Goal setting and accountability systems -- Mini-case: lars and the disconnected team members -- Six-step goal-setting process -- Individual development plans -- Socratic coaching -- Manager's checklist for chapter 14 -- 15. Effective decision making over distance -- Decision-making challenges -- Common decision-making methods -- Why virtual teams usually use consensus -- Reaching consensus as a virtual team -- Manager's checklist for chapter 15 -- 16. Virtual team building -- Two types of team building -- Assessing virtual team effectiveness -- Road-tested team-building examples -- Manager's checklist for chapter 16 -- 17. Maintaining a balanced personal and work life -- The work and home life balance problem -- A brief history of organizational design -- The technology tether -- The personal system -- Tips for working at home -- Manager's checklist for chapter 17. 
520 3 |a A hands-on guide for managing people and projects working from home, on the road, or in client sites; covers every aspect of virtual management--motivation, building teams, meeting deadlines, file sharing, teleconferencing, email, coaching, and videoconferencing. 
530 |a Also available in print edition. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b New York, N.Y. :  |c McGraw Hill,   |d 2011.  |n Mode of access: World Wide Web.  |n System requirements: Web browser.  |n Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions. 
538 |a Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 
546 |a In English. 
588 |a Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on Aug. 21, 2014. 
650 0 |a Personnel management. 
650 0 |a Teams in the workplace. 
650 0 |a Telecommuting. 
650 0 |a Virtual work teams  |x Management. 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Workplace Culture.   |2 bisacsh. 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Corporate Governance.   |2 bisacsh. 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Leadership.   |2 bisacsh. 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Organizational Development.   |2 bisacsh. 
655 0 |a Electronic books. 
700 1 |a Fisher, Mareen,  |e author. 
776 0 |i Print version:   |t Manager's guide to virtual teams.  |b First edition.  |d New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, 2011  |w (OCoLC)728061567 
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