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Record Nr.

UNINA9910841888903321

Autore

Sobel Lojeski Karen

Titolo

Uniting the virtual workforce [[electronic resource] ] : transforming leadership and innovation in the globally integrated enterprise / / Karen Sobel Lojeski, Richard R. Reilly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008

ISBN

1-119-19704-X

1-281-38183-7

9786611381837

0-470-36964-7

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

Microsoft executive leadership series

Altri autori (Persone)

ReillyRichard R

Disciplina

658.4/022

658.4092

Soggetti

Virtual work teams - Management

Communication - Technological innovations - Psychological aspects

Alienation (Social psychology)

Employee motivation

Organizational effectiveness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the road to virtual distance -- Redefining distance -- Meeting virtual distance -- Measuring virtual distance -- Mapping virtual distance -- Managing virtual distance -- Redefining teams -- Ambassadorial leadership -- Re-imagining innovation -- Technology: the elephant in the room -- The future.

Sommario/riassunto

Praise for Uniting the Virtual Workforce""Uniting the Virtual Workforce offers much-needed guidance on how to navigate the largely unmapped territory of virtual work environments in the global economy. The authors do an outstanding job of presenting how organizations should address the challenges of virtual workforces so as to reap the huge potential benefits of increased growth, productivity, and innovation.""-C. Warren Axelrod, PhD, Chief Privacy Officer and Business Information Security Officer, U.S. Trust, and author of



Outsourcing Information Security""Lojeski and Reil