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by Jessica Lipnack (Author), Jeffrey Stamps (Author) "Until recently, when you said that you worked with someone, you meant by implication that you worked in the same place for the same organization..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (25 April 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0471165530
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471165538
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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A new line of books reveals how technology is changing how we do business

Discover the next generation of teamwork—teams without borders

Less than a decade ago cross–functional teams were a revolutionary concept. Now two–thirds of all companies in the U.S. rely on such teams to perform everyday work. This book is about the next evolutionary leap in teamwork, "virtual teams." Made possible by the Internet, the Web, and Intranets, virtual teams allow companies to use the combined talents of the best people for the job, no matter where they are in the world. Virtual Teams provides a framework for understanding the virtual team concept and details how it can be applied in the reader′s own company.

  • Explores the inevitable convergence of teams and technology and guides managers to the most effective use of virtual technologies
  • Features insightful virtual team case studies from Hewlett–Packard, Steelcase, AT&T, Apple, Bank of Boston, Intel and others
  • Looks at the requirements for managing virtual teams and features a framework for evaluating an organization′s virtual team competencies

JESSICA LIPNACK and JEFFREY STAMPS (West Newton, Massachusetts), are the president and co–founder of The Networking Institute, a consulting and publishing company specializing in organizational networks. TNI has worked with Vice President Al Gore′s National Performance Review, Apple Computer, the UN, AT&T, KPMG Peat Marwick, MIT, and Hyatt Hotels.



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Virtual Teams Teams are the key to smart, flexible, and cost–effective organizations for the 21st century. However, advances in communication technologies have dramatically changed the nature of teamwork. Traditional, collocated teams are now giving way to distributed cross–boundary virtual groups linked through relationships and technology, reaching across space, time, and organizational boundaries. In their fifth book, Virtual Teams, Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps, leading experts in networked organizations, take you beyond teams into the new world of work–at–a–distance, showing you how to effectively start, implement, and maintain virtual teams in your own organization. Today, virtual teams are an established feature of multisite and global companies such as Hewlett–Packard, Motorola, Bank of Boston, and Steelcase. Made possible by technologies like the Internet, intranets, and groupware, these teams are invaluable tools for organizations that need to bring together specialized groups of people to work on projects or comprise a spread–out business unit. The principles outlined in Virtual Teams provide an antidote to the high failure rate of teams. At the same time, as the authors warn, "It is harder for virtual teams to be successful than for traditional face–to–face teams. Misunderstandings are more likely to arise and more things are likely to go wrong." In this straightforward guide, Lipnack and Stamps provide a comprehensive framework that makes virtual teams accessible and practical. Beginning with a brief overview of exactly what virtual teams are and how they work, the authors show how they can be integrated into your business structure. Featuring insightful case studies from Eastman Chemical Company, NCR, Tetra Pak, and Sun Microsystems, this stimulating and hands–on reference offers essential information on:
  • The basic virtual team principles: people, purpose, links
  • The skills and technologies necessary for creating a successful virtual team
  • Supporting the dynamics of the cross–boundary team and enhancing personal communications electronically
  • Virtual team applications of the Internet’s newest offspring, intranets
Providing an in–depth look at an increasingly important teamwork tool, Virtual Teams gives you the materials you need to create and build a winning virtual team for your own organization.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A "must-have" for any consultant., 24 Sep 1997
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Whether we choose to embrace technology, it is here to stay. Those who harness and leverage its capabilities will discover exciting new ways to conduct commerce. From entrepreneurial startups to the mega corporations, "Virtual Teams" explores not only how these emerging technologies will affect our daily activities but how our workplaces and social interactions will metamorphose. I highly recommend this book; Lipnack and Stamps are visionaries in field of networking. -- L. Alan Schuetz, President, DVMS, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simultaneously Fundamental and Visionary..., 10 Sep 1997
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"Virtual Teams" was a real treat for both my academic and consulting sensibilities. I have never seen such a thorough work on this topic. It is both fundamental and visionary at the same time.

In discourse with a fellow business consultant we bantered about the topic of Lipnack and Stamps latest book (of which I had received an advance copy). He said: "Unfortunately, Lipnack and Stamps(L&S) have been 10 years ahead of the curve with their understanding of the importance of networking."

"But," I replied, "With the book 'Virtual Teams' they offer the world-wide-race-to-the-Internet a well needed moment of reflection-during which they offer PURPOSE to connecting and give virtual teaming DEFINITION and DIRECTION." And the banter continued but we both agreed and got tingles as our chat echoed the truth of their statement:

"Communication technologies and computer networks-in particular the Internet-are underwriting this moment of pregnant potential." (p 240)

"You know," I concluded, "It's a good thing they (L&S) were ahead of their time-otherwise we would not have the language to discuss our 'interdependence' symptoms, to test our 'distributed business' hypothesis', and to realize how much responsibilty it is to be 'pregnant' with potential! Really! The capabilities and expectations we have to manage in these Internet days... how exciting, how dangerous! After all, 'net potential, without 'net performance is just predisposed waste, don't you agree?"

"Yeah, yeah Paula,--yadda, yadda, yadda; 'net, 'net, 'net...enough philosophy-so, should I read the book or not?"

"Go for it." I replied. "This book is not just an electronic blip about the latest fad of virtual teams- it is a study on careful communication, on planning and developing valuable distributed business relationships...a book to be savored and re-read over time."

(BTW --Mine is already all dog-eared and worn!)

Be prepared to THINK DEEP; when you read this book, SIP it SLOWLY and --ENJOY!

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