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  • Target ISI Journals-How to Write and Publish ISI Papers-By Nader Ale Ebrahim pgs. 102 By Clausbaro on 2011-05-29 ...Journals Target ISI Journals“HOW TO WRITE/PUBLISH ISI PAPERS”Nader Ale Ebrahim Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Email: aleebrahim@perdana.um.edu.my The scenarios• “I wanted to write a high quality paper, ho... Virtual Teams: a Literature Review pgs. 17 By Nader Ale Ebrahim on 2012-08-04 ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Virtual Teams: a Literature Review. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3, 2653-2669. A potential growth of education-industry collaboration pgs. 5 By Nader Ale Ebrahim on 2012-08-02 Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2011). Virtual R&D Teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration. Academic Leadership Journal, 9(4), 1-5. Virtual R&D Teams: Innovation and Technology Facilitator pgs. 14 By Nader Ale Ebrahim on 2011-03-13 Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009, 11-12 May). Virtual R&D Teams: Innovation and Technology Facilitator Paper presented at the Engineering Education in 2025, School of Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Process pgs. 6 By Nader Ale Ebrahim on 2011-03-13 Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009, 8th - 9th July). A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Process. Paper presented at the 2nd Seminar on Engineering and Information Technology, (SEIT 2009), Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Benefits and Pitfalls of Virtual R&D Teams: An Empirical Study pgs. 5 By Nader Ale Ebrahim on 2011-03-13 Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2010, February. 23-24). Benefits and Pitfalls of Virtual R&D Teams: An Empirical Study. Paper presented at the 6th International Communication & Information Technology Management Conference (ICTM 2010) Tehran, Iran. Applying System Dynamics to Confront Complex Decision Making in R&D Systems Applying System Dynamics to Co
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    " Target ISI Journals-How to Write and Publish ISI Papers-By Nader Ale Ebrahim Target ISI Journals-How to Write and Publish ISI Papers-By Nader Ale Ebrahimpgs. 102 By Clausbaro on 2011-05-29 ...Journals Target ISI Journals"HOW TO WRITE/PUBLISH ISI PAPERS"Nader Ale Ebrahim Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Email: aleebrahim@perdana.um.edu.my The scenarios* "I wanted to write a high quality paper, ho... Virtual Teams: a Literature Review Virtual Teams: a Literature Reviewpgs. 17 By Nader Ale Ebrahim on 2012-08-04 ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Virtual Teams: a Literature Review. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3, 2653-2669. A potential growth of education-industry collaboration A potential growth of education-industry collaborationpgs. 5 By Nader Ale Ebrahim on 2012-08-02 Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2011). Virtual R&D Teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration. Academic Leadership Journal, 9(4), 1-5. Virtual R&D Teams: Innovation and Technology Facilitator Virtual R&D Teams: Innovation and Technology Facilitatorpgs. 14 By Nader Ale Ebrahim on 2011-03-13 Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009, 11-12 May). Virtual R&D Teams: Innovation and Technology Facilitator Paper presented at the Engineering Education in 2025, School of Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Process A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Processpgs. 6 By Nader Ale Ebrahim on 2011-03-13 Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009, 8th - 9th July). A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Process. Paper presented at the 2nd Seminar on Engineering and Information Technology, (SEIT 2009), Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Benefits and Pitfalls of Virtual R&D Teams: An Empirical Study Benefits and Pitfalls of Virtual R&D Teams
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    "JEL Classification: L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance JEL Classification (20485) L - Industrial Organization (2451) L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance (730) L10 - General (81) L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms (160) L12 - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies (29) L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets (193) L14 - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks (107) L15 - Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility (70) L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change; Industrial Price Indices (68) L17 - Open Source Products and Markets (26) L19 - Other (9) Number of items at this level: 143. Fulvio , Castellacci (2012): Business Groups, Innovation and Institutional Voids in Latin America. Unpublished. Chen, Yongmin; Pan, Shiyuan and Zhang, Tianle (2012): (When) Do Stronger Patents Increase Continual Innovation? Unpublished. Fan, Haichao; Lai, Edwin L.-C. and Li, Yao Amber (2012): Credit Constraints, Quality, and Export Prices: Theory and Evidence from China. Unpublished. Ciliberto, Federico and Schenone, Carola (2012): Are the Bankrupt Skies the Friendliest? Unpublished. Ciliberto, Federico and Schenone, Carola (2012): Bankruptcy and product-market competition: evidence from the airline industry. Unpublished. Aliu, Armando (2012): European industrial relations: transnational relations and global challenges. Unpublished. Agisilaou, Panayiotis (2012): Keep to sustain or keep to exploit? Why firms keep hard evidence. Unpublished. Golonka, Monika (2012): Konwergencja, konsolidacja, koopetycja - jak zmienia się branża technologii informacyjnych i komunikacyjnych (ICT). Published in: Przeglad Organizacji , Vol. 3
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Knowledge Virtualization and Local Connectedness among Smart High-tech Companies - 0 views

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    "Knowledge Virtualization and Local Connectedness among Smart High-tech Companies Contents: Author info Abstract Bibliographic info Download info Related research References Citations Lists Statistics Corrections Author Info Marina van Geenhuizen (m.s.vangeenhuizen@tudelft.nl) (Delft University of Technology, Delft) Peter Nijkamp (p.nijkamp@vu.nl) (VU University Amsterdam) Registered author(s): Peter Nijkamp Abstract Smart high-tech companies are characterized by knowledge intensity and open innovation. Even when these companies emerge in spatial clusters or dense urban places, they may utilize knowledge networks on a global scale. However, there is not much insight into the factors that shape knowledge networks, the role of virtualization herein and the impact of on global knowledge sourcing on local connectedness. This paper seeks to fill these gaps in understanding, by drawing on a selected sample of young high-technology companies in the Netherlands and application of rough set analysis to identify homogeneous categories of companies in the highly differentiated segment of young high-tech companies. The outcomes suggest that employing mainly local and employing mainly global knowledge networks coexist in city-regions, and that only part of the globalized companies are losing local connectedness, particularly those involved in co-creation with global customers and those acting as learning partners of multinational corporations ('reverse' knowledge transfer). Factors counteracting a weakening of local connectedness are specific local knowledge relationships and the strategy of developing local/regional customer markets. Download Info If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large. File URL: ht
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  • 2. Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., and Taha, Z. (2009a), Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team, European Journal of Scientific Research, 34, 297-307. 3. Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., and Taha, Z. (2009b), Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review, Scientific Research and Essay, 4, 1575-1590. 4. Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., and Taha, Z. (2009c), Virtual Teams for New Product Develop-ment-An Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers, European Journal of Educational Studies, 1, 109-123. 5. Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., and Taha, Z. (2010), SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review International Journal of the Physical Sciences, 5, 916-930.
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    " HOME > Journal Browse > About Journal > Journal Vol & Issue > Full Record The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs facebook Journal title : Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Volume 10, Issue ,2, 2011, pp.109-114 Publisher : Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers DOI : 10.7232/iems.2011.10.2.109 Title & Authors The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs Ale Ebrahim, Nader ; Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim ; Ahmed, Shamsuddin ; Taha, Zahari ; Abstract The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have high potential for the growth of SMEs. Due to the fast-growing complexity of new products coupled with new emerging opportunities of virtual teams, a collaborative approach is believed to be the future trend. This research explores the effectiveness of virtuality in SMEs' virtual R&D teams. Online questionnaires were emailed to Malaysian manufacturing SMEs and 74 usable questionnaires were received, representing a 20.8 percent return rate. In order to avoid biases which may result from pre-suggested answers, a series of open-ended questions were retrieved from the experts. This study was focused on analyzing an open-ended question, whereby four main themes were extracted from the experts' recommendations regarding the effectiveness of virtual teams for the growth and performance of SMEs. The findings of this study would be useful to product design managers of SMEs in order to realize the key advantages and significance of virtual R&D teams during the new product development (NPD) process. This is turn, leads to increased effectiveness in new product development's procedure. Keywords Virtual Teams . New Product Development . Survey Fin
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Successful Global Teams, by C. Grove & W. Hallowell - 0 views

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    "uccessful Global Teams Know How to Gain Traction Cornelius Grove & Willa Hallowell, 1998 This article appeared in the April 1998 issue of HRMagazine Focus, published by the Society for Human Resource Management. Following is the original, unedited typescript of that article. If you've ever tried to drive out of a snowdrift, you know that whirling wheels create even more slippery ice. Gunning your motor looks energetic and decisive, but it's more likely to yield frustration than forward movement. Or, you can get out and patiently dig and sand, preparing the conditions for success: traction for your wheels. If you're conscientious, you're on your way. So it is with global teams. Those that plunge right into work look efficient at first, but eventually spin their wheels. Those that succeed are guided by people who recognize the magnitude of the global team challenge and patiently prepare six conditions for success: Face-to-face relationships Informed, skillful leadership A communications "heartbeat" Intelliguent use of e-links A cross-cultural "third way" Time, money, managerial support 1. Face-to-face relationships The most productive global teams are those whose members enjoy working with each other so much that they want to do it again! This finding from a recent study by Dianne Hofner Saphiere (see references) resonates with the messages from other researchers who are seeking the conditions for success. All highlight the importance of trust, the glue of the virtual workplace. All say that, when it comes to making trust possible, face-to-face relationships have no equal, not even via electronic communications systems with every bell and whistle. By face-to-face, we don't mean videoconferencing. If you can't shake hands, you're not face-to-face. We're learning that informal, spontaneous talk adds value. It not only builds and maintains trust (which motivates people to work collaboratively), but it also absorbs the shocks of confli
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Virtual Team Tools: Team Compact Guidelines & Rules of Engagement | Leading Virtually - 0 views

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    " Team Compact Posted in July 7th, 2008 Broadly speaking, a team compact is a document that: Establishes guidelines and boundaries for behavior within a team. Clarifies what's expected of each member at different stages of the team's task or project. Determines a framework for interactions in the present as well as future time. A team compact is similar to the team charter that project managers create for their teams. A critical difference is that a team charter is created by a team leader with input from key stakeholders, such as the project sponsor and team members whereas a team compact is created by the team. Importance of a team compact for virtual teams Very often, members of a virtual team have not worked with each other before. Consequently, they have uncertainty about others in the team (e.g., can I depend on this member? is s/he capable of doing the work? will s/he watch out for me?) and the work to be carried out in the team. This uncertainty inhibits the formation of trust, which is an important prerequisite for creating a cohesive and high performance team. When a team creates a team compact, it is giving itself a chance to reduce (if not eliminate) the uncertainty faced by its members. As part of the process of creating a team compact, team members create rules of engagement, which make explicit the what, when, who, and how of task completion, decision-making, and communication within the team. Among the things covered by the rules of engagement are the nature and frequency of communication, communication media to be used, the values that the team will live by, the response times for messages, how conflict will be resolved, how the decisions will be made (including who makes what decisions), and how the tasks will be completed (including who accomplishes what tasks). The team compact's value is in compelling the team to discuss roles, expectations, and protocols. In addition to clarifying expectations for team members and impro
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How to Create Your Own Online Course: 100 Tools, Guides, and Resources | Best Universities - 0 views

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    "How to Create Your Own Online Course: 100 Tools, Guides, and Resources [del.icio.us] [Digg] [Facebook] [Mixx] [Reddit] [StumbleUpon] [Twitter] [Email] Perhaps you have a special skill, talent, or knowledge-base that you want to share with others, and maybe you've heard that teaching online courses can make you a little extra money. The resources below will help you discover how to combine both what you have to offer and what you wish to gain by guiding you through creating and establishing an online course. No matter what age of student, subject you want to teach, or size of the class, you will find resources and information to bring your class online. Learning Management Systems Learning Management Systems host your online class and provide a place for students to receive and turn in assignments, class communication, and more. Moodle. This free and very popular course management system allows you to design a course for thousands or only a few students and gives access to creating forums, wikis, databases, and much more. Blackboard Learn . Blackboard is used by many institutes of higher learning, as well as other organizations, as a source of online classroom management. eLearningZoom. Take advantage of the free trial to see how this application works for education, organizations, and businesses. Nicenet's Internet Classroom Assistant. Set up your course here and have access to conferencing, scheduling, document sharing, personal messaging, and link sharing. FlexTraining. This e-learning system offers a low-cost solution to providing online training and education. The home page also offers plenty of thinking-points for considering a learning management system. Backpack. While not specifically a learning management system, this app is great for organizing groups and sharing information-and is available at no charge for the basic services. OPEN Learning Management System. This open-source management system helps online teachers w
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  • Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009). Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review. Scientific Research Essay, Volume 4, Issue 13, 1575-1590.
  • Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009). Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review. Scientific Research Essay, Volume 4, Issue 13, 1575-1590.
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    "Home > Vol 6, No 3 > Lesko, Jr. Incorporating Virtually Immersive Environments as a Collaborative Medium for Virtual Teaming Charles J. Lesko, Jr., Christine R. Russell Abstract Virtually immersive environments incorporate the use of various computer modelling and simulation techniques enabling geographically dispersed virtual project teams to interact within an artificially projected three-dimensional space online. This study focused on adoption of virtually immersive technologies as a collaborative media to support virtual teaming of both graduate and undergraduate-level project management students. The data and information from this study has implications for educators using virtually immersive environments in the classroom. In this study, we specifically evaluated two key components in this paper: 1) students' level of trust and; 2) students' willingness to use the technology, along with their belief about the virtual environment's ability to extend and improve knowledge sharing in their team work environment. We learned that while students did find the environment a positive add on for working collaboratively, there were students who were neither more nor less likely to use the technology for future collaborative ventures. Most of the students who were not very positive about the environment were "fence sitters" likely indicating needs related to additional training to improve communication skills. Finally, based on the full study results we have provided basic recommendations designed to support team trust building in the system along with interpersonal trust building to facilitate knowledge transfer and better strategic us of the technology. References Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009). Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review. Scientific Research Essay, Volume 4, Issue 13, 1575-1590. Babbie, E. (1990). Survey Research Methods. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company. Blythe, A. (2011, May 30). Bu
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Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs - E-LIS repository - 0 views

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    "Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari and Wazed, M. A. Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs. Advanced Materials Research, 2012, vol. 433-44, pp. 1653-1659. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)] [img] Text Virtual Collaborative team.pdf - Published version Download (487Kb) | Preview Alternative locations: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1999447, http://eprints.um.edu.my/2574/1/AMR.433-440.1653.pdf English abstract This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development (R&D) teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is better understanding of the application of collaborative technologies in business, to find the effective factors to assist SMEs to remain competitive in the future. The paper stresses to find an answer for a question "Is there any relationship between company size, Internet connection facility and virtuality?". The survey data shows SMEs are now technologically capable of performing the virtual collaborative team, but the infrastructure usage is less. SMEs now have the necessary technology to begin the implementation process of collaboration tools to reduce research and development (R&D) time, costs and increase productivity. So, the manager of R&D should take the potentials of virtual teams into account. Item type: Journal Article (Print/Paginated) Keywords: Small and medium enterprises, Collaborative tools, Questionnaires, Virtual teams. Subjects: C. Users, literacy and reading. G. Industry, profession and education. G. Industry, profession and education. > GH. Education. L. Information technology and library technology. Depositing user: Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim Date deposited: 03 Jul 2013 14:09 Last modified: 03 Jul 2013 14:09 U
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  •   Virtual R&D Teams Definition Nader Ale Ebrahim  The literature related to virtual R&D teams reveals a lack of depth in the definitions(AleEbrahim et al., 2010). Although virtual teamwork is a current topic in the literatureconcerning global organizations, it is problematic to define the meaning of 'virtual teams'across multiple institutional contexts (Chudoba et al., 2005). The concept of a "team" isdescribed as a small number of people with complementary skills who are equally committedto a common purpose, goal, and working approach for which they hold themselves mutuallyaccountable (Zenun et al., 2007). It is worth mentioning that virtual teams (VTs) are oftenformed to overcome geographical or temporal separations (Cascio and Shurygailo, 2003).VTs work across boundaries of time and space using modern computer-driven technologies(Ebrahim et al., 2010). The term "VTs" is used to cover a wide range of activities and forms of technology-supported working (Anderson et al., 2007). Gassmann and Von Zedtwitz(2003) defined "virtual team as a group of people and sub-teams who interact throughinterdependent tasks guided by common purpose and work across links strengthened byinformation, communication, and transport technologies". Another definition suggests thatvirtual teams, are distributed work teams whose members are geographically dispersed andcoordinate their work, predominantly with electronic information and communicationtechnologies (e-mail, video conferencing, telephone, etc.) (Hertel et al., 2005). From the perspective of Leenders et al. (2003), VTs are groups of individuals collaborating in theexecution of a specific project while geographically and often temporally distributed, possibly anywhere within (and beyond) their parent organization. Among the differentdefinitions for virtual teams the following form is one of the most widely accepted definition:''VTs as groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed workers broughttogether by information technologies to accomplish one or more organization tasks''(Powellet al., 2004).Therefore, a comprehensive definition of virtual teams may be taken as:  small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed knowledge workers whocoordinate their work, predominantly with electronic information and communicationtechnologies in order to accomplish one or more organization tasks (Ale Ebrahim et al.,2009). Nowadays, this definition have gained popularity as found in Wikipedia(wikipedia,2011). Virtual R&D team is a kind of virtual team that concentrate on the R&D tasks andleft:522px;to
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    " Virtual R&D Teams Definition Nader Ale Ebrahim The literature related to virtual R&D teams reveals a lack of depth in the definitions(AleEbrahim et al., 2010). Although virtual teamwork is a current topic in the literatureconcerning global organizations, it is problematic to define the meaning of 'virtual teams'across multiple institutional contexts (Chudoba et al., 2005). The concept of a "team" isdescribed as a small number of people with complementary skills who are equally committedto a common purpose, goal, and working approach for which they hold themselves mutuallyaccountable (Zenun et al., 2007). It is worth mentioning that virtual teams (VTs) are oftenformed to overcome geographical or temporal separations (Cascio and Shurygailo, 2003).VTs work across boundaries of time and space using modern computer-driven technologies(Ebrahim et al., 2010). The term "VTs" is used to cover a wide range of activities and forms of technology-supported working (Anderson et al., 2007). Gassmann and Von Zedtwitz(2003) defined "virtual team as a group of people and sub-teams who interact throughinterdependent tasks guided by common purpose and work across links strengthened byinformation, communication, and transport technologies". Another definition suggests thatvirtual teams, are distributed work teams whose members are geographically dispersed andcoordinate their work, predominantly with electronic information and communicationtechnologies (e-mail, video conferencing, telephone, etc.) (Hertel et al., 2005). From the perspective of Leenders et al. (2003), VTs are groups of individuals collaborating in theexecution of a specific project while geographically and often temporally distributed, possibly anywhere within (and beyond) their parent organization. Among the differentdefinitions for virtual teams the following form is one of the most widely accepted definition:''VTs as groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed workers broughttogether by inform
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Assessing the Quality of Teamwork in Virtual Teams | Leading Virtually - 0 views

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    "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
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    "Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM) 2005 - 2012 Edited by Professor Suliman Hawamdeh from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. Series data maintained by Tai Tone Lim (tltai@wspc.com.sg). Access Statistics for this journal. Track citations for all items by RSS feed Is something missing from the series or not right? See the RePEc data check for the archive and series. Volume 09, issue 04, 2010 Investigating Barriers to Knowledge Management Success: A Conceptual Model and a Comparative Case Analysis pp. 303-318 Downloads Chihab BenMoussa Personal Knowledge Abilities and Knowledge Management Success pp. 319-327 Downloads Iftikhar Hussain, Shakeel Ahmed and Steven Si An Analysis of the Impact of Blogging on Knowledge Processes pp. 329-339 Downloads Stefania Mariano Knowledge Management in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises pp. 341-353 Downloads Joanna DiPasquale and Claire R. McInerney Staff Motivation at Kuwait University Libraries pp. 355-363 Downloads Taghreed Alqudsi-ghabra and Huda H. Mansouri Technology Transfer Mediations of Technical Writers: Perspectives from the Philippine Software Industry pp. 365-375 Downloads Francis Raymond Calbay KM Modules: An Analysis of Coursework pp. 377-385 Downloads Sajjad ur Rehman and Haya Sumait Contribution of Knowledge Management Practices in Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage for Business Schools in India pp. 387-397 Downloads Pankaj Madan and Sheetal Khanka Volume 09, issue 03, 2010 A Series of Encounters: The Information Behaviour of Participants in a Subject-Based Electronic Discussion List pp. 183-201 Downloads Sally Irvine-Smith Knowledge Economy in India: Challenges and Opportunities pp. 203-225 Downloads Sonali Bhattacharya Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy: A Quantitative Assessment for Sustainable Development pp. 227-239 Downloads Mirghani S. Mohamed, Mona A. Mohamed and Kevin J. O'Sullivan Growing the ERM Energy and
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    "Results 1 - 21 of 21 Additional Information View Results by: 1 four stars Establishing Virtual R&D Teams: Obliged Policy Creator/Author: Nader Ale Ebrahim Shamsuddin Ahmed Zahari Taha; Date: 2012-08-04 Summary: In a global and technology oriented world the requirements that products and services have to fulfill are increasing and are getting more complicated. Research and development (R&D) is becoming increasingly important in creating the knowledge that mak... Collection: Computing Research Repository (arXiv) 2 four stars Target ISI Journals: "HOW TO WRITE/PUBLISH ISI PAPERS" Creator/Author: Nader Ale Ebrahim; Date: 2010-01-01 Summary: * "I wanted to write a high quality paper, how can I prepare in the shortest possible time?" * " I do not now the Journal acceptance procedure. How many steps are needed?" * "I have written an article, and I am not able to find a proper ISI Journal" * "I ... Collection: CiteSeer 3 four stars Modified Stage-Gate: A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Process Creator/Author: Nader Ale Ebrahim Shamsuddin Ahmed Zahari Taha; Date: 2012-10-28 Summary: In today s dynamic marketplace, manufacturing companies are under strong pressure to introduce new products for long-term survival with their competitors. Nevertheless, every company cannot cope up progressively or immediately with the market requirements... Source: African Journal of Marketing Management, 1(9) (2009) 211-219 Collection: Computing Research Repository (arXiv) 4 four stars New Product Development in Virtual Environment Creator/Author: Nader Ale Ebrahim; Date: 2008-01-01 Summary: Purpose - The literature on the topic has evolved exponentially since eight years ago. Relaying on a review of studies published in recent years, this article proposes and discusses a framework which incorporates a set of virtual team
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    "Virtual multicultural teams: real communication in the virtual world Intercultural | Irina Budrina | August 8, 2011 8:43 am The following situation sounds common enough for Romania, a country which has been chosen by many companies as their outsource location. The cheaper and more skilled labor force, plus the expansion of online technologies make it easy for Romanians to tele work with colleagues in other countries. But how easy is it to communicate with them? By Irina Budrina Let's start from the following situation: A company based in the United States develops multimedia software with a team of 7 free-lance developers located in 3 different countries, including Romania. The team was formed through Internet chat groups or interpersonal relations and is completely virtual. All developers are under commercial contract with the main company. The company has no offices and developers have never met with each other. All employees tele-work from home and informally communicate through electronic means. Each developer has specific tasks and is in charge of one part of the software development. They plan the work together at the beginning of each project. They work on the same data file and post their contributions on a collaborative platform. The company's job is to assemble the different pieces developed by the tele-workers. Many companies use virtual teams of geographically dispersed people to work on short- and long-term projects. A long-term "virtual" team is one that conducts its work almost entirely through electronic technology. Such technology and the expansion of global business have changed the work environment for organizations of all sizes, allowing even small companies to compete in the international market place. Communicating across cultures using technology can be a difficult task. It requires understanding the advantages and limitations of technology and how to build relationships via technology. Though it gives an opportunity for fre
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Ingeniería Mecánica - Actualidad y perspectivas en la enseñanza del área de m... - 0 views

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  • 46. Ebrahim, N. A., Ahmed, S., Rashid S, H. et al. "Virtual R&D teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration". En: 2nd International Congress on Engineering Education (ICEED 2010). Kuala Lumpur. 2010. [Consultado el: 11 de febrero de 2012]. Disponible en: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/27414/2/A_potential_growth_of_education -industry_collaboration.pdf. DOI 10.1109/ICEED.2010.5940754
  • Nader Ale Ebrahim on 25 Nov 13
     
    "Ingeniería Mecánica versión ISSN 1815-5944 Ingeniería Mecánica vol.16 no.1 La Habana ene.-abr. 2013 ARTÍCULO DE REVISIÓN Actualidad y perspectivas en la enseñanza del área de manufactura a estudiantes de ingeniería Current and future perspectives in teaching manufacturing area to engineering students Juan David Orjuela-Méndez, José Manuel Arroyo-Osorio, Rodolfo Rodríguez-Baracaldo Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Facultad de Ingeniería-Sede Bogotá. Bogotá. Colombia. RESUMEN Este trabajo es una revisión sobre los desafíos que se presentan en la formación de ingenieros para desempeñarse en manufactura y las propuestas de tipo curricular y didáctico para enfrentar los desafíos detectados. Se decanta que la industria de manufactura contemporánea está sometida a una dinámica de transformación paulatinamente más rápida para satisfacer las demandas locales y globales. Varios investigadores plantean que esta dinámica se debe reflejar también en la educación en ingeniería e indican la necesidad inaplazable de integrar el conocimiento práctico en el currículo. Se evidencia también una rápida expansión e influencia de las tecnologías de la información y comunicaciones en los procesos educativos y son puestos en consideración los nuevos estilos de aprendizaje de los jóvenes y su influencia en las prácticas utilizadas en el aula. Finalmente, se reportan varios enfoques estructurados para evaluar, ajustar y rediseñar las acciones de formación, entre otras, el aprendizaje por proyectos. Palabras claves: ingeniería, procesos de manufactura, enseñanza, aprendizaje, enfoques estructurados. ABSTRACT This paper is a review of the challenges presented in the training of engineers to work in the manufacturing industry and the proposals of curricular and didactic kind to address the challenges identified. It is remarkable that the modern manufacturing industry is under a dynamic transformation gradually faster t
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5 tips to establishing a successful virtual team - Virtual Teams Blog - 0 views

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    "By Dr. Al Jury · January 22, 2012 · No comments leadership, virtual teams · Tagged: collaboration tools, virtual teams success virtual teams Establishing a virtual team is a key part of a team's long term effectiveness. Setting up virtual teams can be a challenging process, especially for team members who have never participated in a virtual team before. Focusing on a number of core elements as discussed below, should help a virtual team leader to more quickly get a virtual team up and running. 1. Choose an experienced leader The leader of a virtual team has a large impact on the set up and success of a virtual team. Virtual teams tend to rely more heavily on a virtual team leader as they have less direct interaction between team members. Often communication flow in a virtual team is between members and the leader, rather than between members themselves (which is more typical of co-located teams). As such, a virtual team leader needs to be someone who is comfortable managing people remotely, who can use the technology to effectively provide task instructions and build relationships in the absence of face to face interaction. As there is much to learn for first time virtual team leaders, we suggest that a leader has at least had previous leadership experience so that they can then concentrate on the differences a virtual team has. Read more about effective virtual team leaders. 2. Select members who are suited to working in virtual teams Where virtual teams tend to fail, it is often a result of the lack of familiarity, physical distance and incompatible time zones of team members. One of the easiest ways to ensure the success of a virtual team is pick a few team members who already know each other. This way, trust (one of the more difficult aspects to develop virtually) may be established much faster. If it is not possible to find members who have worked together previously, try and arrange a face-to-face meeting at the start (as mentioned below) to devel
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Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs - 0 views

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  • Nader Ale Ebrahim on 06 Jul 12
     
    "Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs Contents: Author info Abstract Bibliographic info Download info Related research References Citations Lists Statistics Corrections Author Info Ale Ebrahim, Nader Ahmed, Shamsuddin Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim Taha, Zahari Registered author(s): Nader Ale Ebrahim Abstract This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development (R&D) teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is better understanding of the application of collaborative technologies in business, to find the effective factors to assist SMEs to remain competitive in the future. The paper stresses to find an answer for a question "Is there any relationship between company size, Internet connection facility and virtuality?". The survey data shows SMEs are now technologically capable of performing the virtual collaborative team, but the infrastructure usage is less. SMEs now have the necessary technology to begin the implementation process of collaboration tools to reduce research and development (R&D) time, costs and increase productivity. So, the manager of R&D should take the potentials of virtual teams into account. Download Info If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large. File URL: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/29177/ Download Restriction: no Bibliographic Info Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 29177. Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML (with abstract), plain text (with abstract), BibTeX, RIS (EndNote
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  • Number of items at this level: 14. AAle Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari (2012) Technology Use in the Virtual R&D Teams. American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 5 (1). pp. 9-14. ISSN 1793-8244 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010) Critical Factors for New Product Developments in SMEs Virtual Team. African Journal of Business Management, 4 (11). pp. 2247-2257. ISSN 1993-8233 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009) Innovation and R & D Activities in Virtual Team. European Journal of Scientific Research, 34 (3). pp. 297-307. ISSN 1450-216X Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009) Modified Stage-Gate: A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Process. African Journal of Marketing Management, 1 (9). pp. 211-219. ISSN 1993-8233 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010) SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review. International Journal of the Physical Sciences, 5 (7). pp. 916-930. ISSN 1992-1950 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010) Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs. African Journal of Business Management, 4 (11). pp. 2368-2379. ISSN 1993-8233 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010) Virtual R&D teams and SMEs' growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs. African Journal of Business Management, 4 (11). pp. 2368-2379. ISSN 1993-8233 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009) Virtual Teams: a Literature Review. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3 (3). pp. 2653-2669. ISSN 1991-8178 CCoral Enriquez, Horacio (2010) Active Robust Control for vibration minimization of a flexible three-level structure under seismic excitations. Control Robusto Activo para la Minimización de Vibraciones en una Estructura Flexible de Tres Pisos bajo Excitaciones Sísmicas. Other. Universidad del Valle, Universidad del Valle. FFlores-Johnson, E. A. and Li, Q. M. (2011) Experimental study of the indentation of sandwich panels with carbon fibre-reinforced polymer face sheets and polymeric foam core. Composites Part B, 42 (5). pp. 1212-1219. ISSN 1359-8368 Flores-Johnson, E. A. and Li, Q. M. (2010) Indentation into Polymeric Foams. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 47 (16). pp. 1987-1995. ISSN 0020-7683 Flores-Johnson, E. A. and Li, Q. M. (2010) Indentation into Polymeric Foams. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 47 (16). pp. 1987-1995. ISSN 0020-7683 Flores-Johnson, E. A. and Li, Q. M. A brief note on the counter-intuitive region of a square plate. International Journal of Impact Engineering. ISSN 0734-743X Flores-Johnson, E. A. and Li, Q. M. and Mines, R. A. W. (2008) Degradation of Elastic Modulus of Progressively-Crushable Foams in Uniaxial Compression. Journal of Cellular Plastics, 44 (5). pp. 415-434. ISSN 1530-7999 This list was generated on Sun Feb 10 03:16:31 2013 GMT.
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    "Number of items at this level: 14. A Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari (2012) Technology Use in the Virtual R&D Teams. American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 5 (1). pp. 9-14. ISSN 1793-8244 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010) Critical Factors for New Product Developments in SMEs Virtual Team. African Journal of Business Management, 4 (11). pp. 2247-2257. ISSN 1993-8233 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009) Innovation and R & D Activities in Virtual Team. European Journal of Scientific Research, 34 (3). pp. 297-307. ISSN 1450-216X Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009) Modified Stage-Gate: A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Process. African Journal of Marketing Management, 1 (9). pp. 211-219. ISSN 1993-8233 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010) SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review. International Journal of the Physical Sciences, 5 (7). pp. 916-930. ISSN 1992-1950 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010) Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs. African Journal of Business Management, 4 (11). pp. 2368-2379. ISSN 1993-8233 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010) Virtual R&D teams and SMEs' growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs. African Journal of Business Management, 4 (11). pp. 2368-2379. ISSN 1993-8233 Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009) Virtual Teams: a Literature Review. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3 (3). pp. 2653-2669. ISSN 1991-8178 C Coral Enriquez, Horacio (2010) Active Robust Control for vibration minimization of a flexible three-level structure under seismic excitations. Control Robusto Activo para la Minimización de Vibracion
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    "Managing virtual teams in multinational companies Mogale, Lizzy; Sutherland, Margaret URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15316 Date: 2010 Abstract: Globalisation and advances in technology have led to the rapid increase in permanent virtual teams in multinational companies as a form of competitive advantage. The main purpose of this research was to identify perceptions on leadership preferences and factors enabling or inhibiting the effective leadership of virtual teams. The qualitative phase of this research generated in-depth knowledge on the constructs for phase 2, which consisted of a survey of 59 respondents from four continents. The outcome revealed that socio-emotional leadership capabilities are key to success in the leadership of multinational virtual teams. Specific recommendations are made to virtual team leaders on the basis of consistent views expressed by managers and subordinates on findings on the relative importance of key leadership skills, plus the enablers and inhibitors of managing virtual teams. Show full item record Files in this item Icon Name: Mogale_Managing(2 ... Size: 213.9Kb Format: PDF Description: Article View/Open This item appears in the following Collection(s) Research Articles (GIBS) [75] OpenUP (Research Articles University of Pretoria) [7971] This collection contains published research articles authored and co-authored by members of staff, students and affiliates of the University of Pretoria. Related Items Items By Author: "Space creation" : a strategy for achieving employment equity at senior management level Selby, Kalien; Sutherland, Margaret (Graduate School of Business Leadership and the Department of Business Management, University of South Africa, 2006) This research set out to establish whether "space creation" is a viable strategy for accelerating employment equity. In this exploratory qualitative research a series of in-depth interviews were conducted with acknowledged ... Obtaining employ
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    " Virtual R&D Teams for NPD in SMEs:Past, Present and Future Trend [Quick Edit] (2008) by Nader Ale Ebrahim, Shamsudin Ahmed, Zahari Taha posted to *file-import-10-10-31 virtual team small review rd papers nader medium literature enterprises ebrahims conference and ale by aleebrahim to the group Virtual R&D Teams on 2010-10-31 17:37:38 *****/ This copy of the article hasn't been liked by anyone yet(0) Abstract Copy My Attachments My Copy Abstract This paper provides a comprehensive review on different aspects of virtual teams based on authentic and reputed publications. The purpose of the state-of-the-art literature review is to provide an overview of what is known about the structure and dynamics of R&D collaboration in SMEs. SMEs are the backbone of the world business. The focus of the investigation is on virtual R&D teams in SMEs. After providing a definition and importance of virtual teams, research and development (R&D), small and medium enterprises ... Virtual R&D Teams: A Sustainable Infrastructure for Promoting SMEs [Quick Edit] (2008), pp. 217-223. by Nader Ale Ebrahim, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Zahari Taha posted to *file-import-10-10-31 virtual teams smes small sized review rd medium literature enterprises and by aleebrahim to the group Virtual R&D Teams on 2010-10-31 17:37:38 *****/ This copy of the article hasn't been liked by anyone yet(0) Abstract Copy My Attachments My Copy Abstract Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are a major part of the industrial economies. Their survival and growth has therefore been a prominent issue. Research and development (R&D) enables firms to create new technologies and/or to build on existing technologies obtained through technology transfer. Nowadays unpredictable environment suggests that many firms seek new ways of conducting their business through some kind of R&D activities to make a profit and stay ahead of the competition. To survive in the global economy SMEs ... SMEs: ERP or Virtual Collaboration Te
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