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"Niki Panteli's primary research is in the area of 'Information Technology and emergent forms of organizations' such as virtual (distributed) organizations and virtual teams. The field of virtuality in particular raises fascinating research questions: To what extent, and in what way, can such geographically dispersed, computer-mediated teams experience effective collaboration? What is the role of computer-mediated communication (e.g. email) in facilitating interactions and avoiding dysfunctional conflict in virtual teams? Can trust develop among virtual team members? "

"Virtual Reality and Environments Edited by Cecilia Sik Lanyi, ISBN 978-953-51-0579-4, Hard cover, 204 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: April 27, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Human-Computer Interaction DOI: 10.5772/2387 Virtual Reality is clearly interdisciplinary research. It has, not only Information Technology importance but social, educational, economical importance too. It combines multiple disciplines for the development of virtual reality systems in which the user has the immersive feeling of being in the real world. Virtual reality has several applications in almost all fields of real life. The most typical fields for the application of virtual reality are health-care, engineering and game industry. This book may be a solid basis for the novice and advanced engineers who would like to develop user friendly Virtual Environments for education, rehabilitation and other applications of Virtual Reality. Our book provides a resource for wide variety of people including academicians, designers, developers, educators, engineers, practitioners, researchers, and graduate students. This book is indexed in: Worldcat Base AZ ebsco Scirus Google Scholar Book contents Chapter 1Virtual Environments in Physical Therapyby Felix O. Akinladejo Chapter 2A Survey of Some Virtual Reality Tools and Resourcesby Moses Okechukwu Onyesolu, Ignatius Ezeani and Obikwelu Raphael Okonkwo Chapter 3Training of Procedural Tasks Through the Use of Virtual Reality and Direct Aidsby Jorge Rodríguez, Teresa Gutiérrez, Emilio J. Sánchez, Sara Casado and Iker Aguinaga Chapter 4The Users' Avatars Nonverbal Interaction in Collaborative Virtual Environments for Learningby Adriana Peña Pérez Negrón, Raúl A. Aguilar and Luis A. Casillas Chapter 5ROTATOR Model: A Framework for Building Collaborative Virtual Workspacesby Charles J. Lesko Jr, Christine R. Russell and Yolanda A. Hollingsworth Chapter 6Optical Touch Screen and Its Application as a Next Genera

"Assessing the Quality of Collaboration in Virtual Teams Posted in June 12th, 2008 by Betsy Carroll in Challenges, Collaboration, Leadership, Teamwork For those who are interested in virtual team collaboration, the concept of teamwork is crucial. But rarely is "teamwork" actually defined. Just as the adage goes, we know it when we see it, but we may have trouble explicitly saying what makes for good teamwork. This week, Surinder sent me an academic journal article by Martin Hoegl and Hans Georg Gemuenden that has great practical application for defining what good collaboration or teamwork consists of. The authors call their concept "teamwork quality", and define it in terms of 6 facets. They are: Communication Coordination Balance of member contributions Mutual support Effort Cohesion The authors found evidence that teamwork quality is related both to team performance (defined by quality and efficiency) and personal success of team members (defined by satisfaction and learning). This post, based on that article, has two pieces. First, I will briefly define and describe each facet of teamwork quality. This should be useful for people in the field to assess the quality of their virtual teamwork. Second, I will discuss some ways to foster teamwork quality when the team is virtual, something the authors of the article don't specifically discuss. Please note that the term "teamwork quality" in this article does not include the nature of the team's task or the quality of interactions with others outside the team - it is only about the processes within a team. 1. Communication: How frequent, informal, direct, and open is your team's communication? Generally, more frequent communication is productive, but this should be relative to what is sufficient or necessary for the task. The authors describe informal communication as being more spontaneous. Direct communication happens when people talk to one another rather than relayi

"The five "super" factors virtual teams must do well-or fail! By jaclynkostner On April 25, 2012 · Add Comment · In Virtual Collaboration, Virtual Leadership, Virtual Meetings, Virtual Relationship Building, Virtual Relationships, Virtual Team Collaboration, Virtual Team Trust, Virtual Team Trust-Building, Virtual Teamwork online meetings, virtual relationships, virtual community Virtual teams need more than a technical connection to work effectively together. What are the most important factors effective virtual leaders use to engage their virtual team to high performance? If your virtual team has little to no travel, five core factors drive a virtual team to be inspired, engaged, and connected on an interpersonal level when people are remote from each other. Here are five best practices that virtual leaders must do right when people are NOT face-to-face. Align your virtual team behind the "moment of truth," not just vision, mission, and goals. Stop micromanaging tasks! Instead, raise and focus your team's energy and passion to deliver a consistent "moment of truth" that pleases your virtual team's customers, internally or externally. Future blog posts will tell you more about this proven success factor that transforms work into joy and delivers consistent, excellent results when the leader can't be there to supervise the work. Vigorously collaborate in weekly web conference meetings. Is everyone is multi-tasking on other things during your weekly conference call or web conference meeting? Multi-tasking in online meetings is out of control today. It's the #1 symptom of collaboration failure. Connecting once a week through an audio bridge or a web conference link is not collaboration. Collaboration is the magic that happens when the team uses its collective knowledge, perspectives, and insights to create something unique and better together. The surprise is that virtual collaboration can be BETTER than face-to-face colla

"Resultados de la búsqueda Resultados 1 - 10 de 27 de nader ale ebrahim. (0,2 segundos) Documentos: 1. (100%) A conceptual model of virtual product development process - Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari In today's dynamic marketplace, companies are under strong pressure to introduce new products for lo ... - 03-ago-2011 2. (100%) Research, Development, Production and Performance of heavy duty CNG fleets in Iran - Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Rostamnezhad, Maziar; Momeni, Ali In recent years, along with the trend toward clean air and less dependency to imported oil products, ... - 04-ago-2011 3. (100%) Virtual teams: A literature review - Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari In the competitive market, virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fasting time-t ... - 04-ago-2011 4. (100%) Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review - Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a ... - 04-ago-2011 5. (100%) Modified stage-gate: A conceptual model of virtual product development process - Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari In today's dynamic marketplace, manufacturing companies are under strong pressure to introduce new p ... - 04-ago-2011 6. (100%) Virtuality, Innovation and R&D Activities - Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the comp ... - 04-ago-2011 7. (100%) R&D Network and value Creation in SMEs - Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari Research and development functions are fundamental drivers of value creation in technology-based Sma ... - 04-ago-2011 8. (100%) New Product Development in Virtual Environment - Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari Purpose - The literature on the topic has evolved exponentially since eight years ag

"RePEc Author Service Nader Ale Ebrahim Names first: Nader last: Ale Ebrahim Contact homepage: http://aleebrahim.com/ Affiliations Universiti Malaya English name: Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya website location: Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Research profile author of: Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahari Virtual Teams: A New Opportunity to Develop a Business by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim & Taha, Zahari SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahari Envisages of New Product Developments in Small and Medium Enterprises through Virtual Team by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahari Critical factors for new product developments in SMEs virtual team by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahari Virtual Teams for New Product Development - An Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahari Dealing with Virtual R&D Teams in New Product Development by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahari Concurrent Collaboration in Research and Development by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahari New Product Development in Virtual Environment by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahari R&D Network and value Creation in SMEs by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahari Literature, Principle and the basics of Network Value Creation in R&D: The relationship with economy by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahari Virtuality, Innovation and R&D Activities by Ale Ebrahim, Nader & Ahmed, Shamsuddin & Taha, Zahar

"Object Collaborative virtual environment for kn Collaborative virtual environment for kn... - PDF Document (4 M) Access Rights Open Access Citation Chen, H. (2012). Collaborative virtual environment for knowledge management: a new paradigm for distributed communications. PhD thesis, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne. Handle 10187/15365 [ http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/15365 ] Title Collaborative virtual environment for knowledge management: a new paradigm for distributed communications Creator Chen, Haohui Date 2012 Subject / Keywords knowledge management, agriculture, distributed communications, collaborative virtual environment Abstract Organizations gain competiveness through knowledge management. However, knowledge management in the context of distributed environment has two main issues, geographical distance and cognitive distance. This research adopted the concepts of Web 2.0 and designed a knowledge management system, iFarming, based on the technology of collaborative virtual environment for reducing these two distances in the context of Australian agriculture. A case study involving real farmer, scientist and agricultural consultant was carried out to assess the value of iFarming, through which a new paradigm for distributed communications was achieved. Type PhD thesis Language eng Notes © 2012 Dr. Haohui Chen Faculty/Department Department of Infrastructure Engineering Institution The University of Melbourne Collection Research Collections (UMER) Rights Terms and Conditions: Copyright in works deposited in the University of Melbourne Eprints Repository (UMER) is retained by the copyright owner. The work may not be altered without permission from the copyright owner. Readers may only, download, print, and save electronic copies of whole works for their own personal non-commercial use. Any use that exceeds these limits requires permission from the copyright owner. Attribution is essential whe

"Role of Online Web Collaboration in Small and Medium Businesses Sunday, 13 May 2012 09:03 TechMaker Communication E-mail Print PDF "

"Technology Use in the Virtual R&D Teams"

"Task Types and Team-Level Attributes Synthesis of Team Classification Literature Jessica L. Wildman1 Amanda L. Thayer1 Michael A. Rosen2 Eduardo Salas1 John E. Mathieu3 Sara R. Rayne4 1University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA 2Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA 3University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA 4FedEx Corporate Services, Memphis, TN, USA Eduardo Salas, University of Central Florida, Institute for Simulation and Training, 3100 Technology Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826, USA Email: esalas@ist.ucf.edu Abstract Within team research, there is no shortage of literature classifying teams. However, the team taxonomic literature suffers from a few limitations. First, many taxonomies claim to classify teams into mutually exclusive classes, yet when examined closely, are not. Second, some of the most well-known taxonomies are descriptive of various tasks teams engage in, but not of the holistic team-level properties that define different types of teams. A clear understanding of both is necessary if human resource development (HRD) professionals are to develop and train different teams effectively. Therefore, the purpose of the current article is twofold: to present an integrative taxonomy of task types and a set of team-level characteristics that have been carefully synthesized from the prior literature and to explain how these tools can be used in conjunction to inform team-oriented HRD research and practice. "

"SAP Offers SMEs In-Memory Analytic Solutions By SiliconIndia,Friday, 17 February 2012, 23:37 Hrs Bangalore: SAP, one of the world's leading enterprise software companies, recently announced that two of its HANA- related analytic software that will be made available for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). HANA (High Performance Analytic Appliance) is a database technology that analyzes data in a computer's memory instead of performing the analysis to the system's slower drives."

"Work together...- When apart challenges and what is need for effective virtual teams Front Cover Nader Ale Ebrahim, M.R.R. Raval, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Zahari Taha 0 Reviews GRIN Verlag GmbH, Oct 11, 2011 - 4 pages Increasingly competitive global markets and accelerating technological changes have increased the need for people to contact via electronic medium to have daily updates, the people those who could not able to meet face to face every day. Those who contact via electronic medium i.e. Virtual Team, are having number of benefit but to achieve these potential benefits, however, leaders need to overcome liabilities inherent in the lack of direct contact among team members and managers. Team members may not naturally know how to interact effectively across space and time. By this paper author try to throw some lights on the challenges that virtual team faces and try to elaborate what is needed for Virtual Team. More »"

" Effective use of Team Collaboration Technology - It's not just virtual meetings but effective use of discussion groups, instant messaging, shared work spaces that are easy to navigate - along with team operating agreements on how to use them - that is critical. "

"HAL : hal-00593364, version 1 Fiche détaillée Récupérer au format African Journal of Business Management 4, 11 (2010) 2368-2379 Virtual R&D Teams and SMEs Growth: A Comparative Study Between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs Nader Ale Ebrahim 1, Shamsuddin Ahmed 1, Zahari Taha 1 (2010) This paper explores potential advantages of using virtual teams for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a comprehensive review on various aspects of virtual teams. Based on the standing of the pertinent literatures, attempt has been made to study the aspects by online survey method in Iran and Malaysia. In both countries, SMEs play an important role in their economies, employments, and capacity building. Virtual R&D team can be one of the means to increase SMEs efficiency and competitiveness in their local as well as global markets. In this context, surveys have been conducted to evaluate the effects of virtuality to the growth of SMEs. The study addresses some differences between two countries in engaging virtual research and development (R&D) teams in their SMEs. It is observed that there is a significant difference between the SMEs turnover that employed virtual team and that did not employ the virtual team. The way for further studies and recommend improvements are proposed. 1 : University of Malaya (UM) Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya Domaine : Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Gestion et management Sciences de l'ingénieur/Autre Informatique/Autre Mots Clés : Virtual R&D team small and medium enterprises survey developing countries medium-sized enterprises product development teams information-systems manufacturing SMEs small businesses large firms innovation communication technology questionnaires Liste des fichiers attachés à ce document : PDF Virtual_R_D_teams_and_SMEs_growth_AJBM_2010.pdf(265.1 KB) "

"15.1. THE CHALLENGES AND KEY SUCCESS FACTORS OF WORKING VIRTUALLY"

"2010-12-23: A conceptual model of virtual product development process Taha, Zahari;Ale Ebrahim, Nader;Ahmed, Shamsuddin Modified Stage-Gate System; Virtual Product Development; Conceptual Model PDF 2011-01-10: Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team Taha, Zahari;Ale Ebrahim, Nader;Ahmed, Shamsuddin Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at the regional and national level. In the competitive environment companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently in new product development, which is a re... PDF 2011-01-10: Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team Taha, Zahari;Ale Ebrahim, Nader;Ahmed, Shamsuddin Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at the regional and national level. In the competitive environment companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently in new product development, which is a re... PDF 2011-01-10: R&D Management in Iran, Opportunities and Threats Tahbaz Tavakoli, Hamid;Ghazizadeh, Ali;Golnam, Arash;Ale Ebrahim, Nader Research and Development (R&D) management in Iran has faced many barriers and obstacles, in which R&D units are considered as the basic core of the product development and innovation. Due to structural shortcomings, a great number of organizations an... PDF 2011-01-03: Virtual marketing in virtual enterprises Fattahi, Hamaid Ali;Golnam, Arash;Ale Ebrahim, Nader Virtualization caused tremendous evolution in the economics of marketing channels, patterns of physical distribution and the structure of distributors and developed a new concept that is known as virtual marketing (VM). VM combines the powerful techn... PDF 2010-12-23: The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim;Taha, Zahari;Ale Ebrahim, Nader;Ahmed, Shamsuddin The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and emplo

"Production Planning & Control Supplier involvement in integrated product development: evidence from a group of Italian SMEs Supplier involvement in integrated product development: evidence from a group of Italian SMEs Preview Buy now DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.647870 Patrizia Garengoa* & Roberto Panizzoloa Available online: 16 Jan 2012 Alert me * TOC email alert * TOC RSS feed * Citation email alert * Citation RSS feed Abstract Integrated product development (IPD) is gaining increased attention from practitioners and the academic community as a source of innovation and competitive advantage. However undeniable the importance of the issue is as to how the different actors involved in the process interact among themselves and the supporting factors not being well understood even in the SME context, the availability of empirical research and a comprehensive framework to drive this research remains unavailable. This article contributes to these research gaps by providing theoretical and empirical findings. First, a research framework on IPD is identified. The proposed framework represents a conceptualisation of IPD principles as consisting of three groups of integration enablers, which aim to achieve high internal (among departments) and external (with suppliers and customers) integration: (a) organisational enablers, (b) technological enablers and (c) methodologies. Then, a multiple case study approach is used in order to empirically explore external integration with suppliers in product development in 22 SMEs from the machine tool sector. * View full text * Download full text"

"Team Knowledge Research Emerging Trends and Critical Needs 1. Jessica L. Wildman 2. Amanda L. Thayer 3. Davin Pavlas 4. Eduardo Salas 1. University of Central Florida, Orlando 1. John E. Stewart 1. Army Research Institute, Fort Rucker, Alabama 1. William R. Howse 1. Damos Aviation Services, Gurnee, Illinois 1. Eduardo Salas, PhD, Institute for Simulation & Training, University of Central Florida, 3100 Technology Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826; e-mail: esalas@ist.ucf.edu. Abstract Objective: This article provides a systematic review of the team knowledge literature and guidance for further research. Background: Recent research has called attention to the need for the improved study and understanding of team knowledge. Team knowledge refers to the higher level knowledge structures that emerge from the interactions of individual team members. Method: We conducted a systematic review of the team knowledge literature, focusing on empirical work that involves the measurement of team knowledge constructs. For each study, we extracted author degree area, study design type, study setting, participant type, task type, construct type, elicitation method, aggregation method, measurement timeline, and criterion domain. Results: Our analyses demonstrate that many of the methodological characteristics of team knowledge research can be linked back to the academic training of the primary author and that there are considerable gaps in our knowledge with regard to the relationships between team knowledge constructs, the mediating mechanisms between team knowledge and performance, and relationships with criteria outside of team performance, among others. We also identify categories of team knowledge not yet examined based on an organizing framework derived from a synthesis of the literature. Conclusion: There are clear opportunities for expansion in the study of team knowledge; the science of team knowledge would benefit from a