"eamwork Training: Introduction to Remote Teams Posted by Emily Helm on Apr 21, 2015 10:25:00 AM Find me on: LinkedIn inShare8 Edgework Consulting Teamwork Training Remote Teams We've talked before about the elements that comprise a successful team, and I'm guessing many of you can look back on successful teams you were a part of - whether it was your middle school soccer team, your college debate team, or the human resources team at your first job - and remember the people, elements, and atmosphere that made them great. The Challenges with Remote Teams What we don't often do is reflect fondly on the remote team we were a part of. You won't see someone get misty-eyed while holding a high school letter jacket and talk about the time they conferenced in for the state championship game. In part this is because remote teams are a new concept so we have fewer of those in our past to look back on. But it is more than that. Remote teams lack the intimacy, comradery, and atmosphere of being co-located with your teammates. Even if the work you're doing with your team is among the most meaningful you've ever done, it's difficult to forge that bond through the screens, phone calls, and emails you use to communicate with those with whom we are doing that meaningful work. Bridging the Gap As what we consider to be work continues to evolve, and at times creeps into other parts of life, more and more people and teams are working remotely. In today's workplace "Skyping" has become part of the business lexicon and we don't think twice when we jot down and fire off an email to someone working out of London. So how do we bridge that gap, overcome the obstacles of working with a remote team, and create the best elements of being on a collocated team while working remotely? Don't Let Distance Stand in the Way While the physical distance of remote teams is a glaringly obvious obstacle, the truth is not working in the same space as your teammates cr

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" View at Publisher| RIS export | Download | More... Journal of Enterprise Information Management Volume 27, Issue 6, 7 October 2014, Pages 696-718 Study of reasons for enterprise systems adoption among Indian organizations (Article) Ahmad, N.a , Haleem, A.b, Syed, A.A.c a College of Computer Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia b Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India c Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India View references (28) Abstract Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify reasons for the enterprise systems adoption, their relevance to the Indian organizations and their relationship with industry and size among the Indian organizations. Design/methodology/approach - Through the content analysis of 12 research papers reasons of enterprise systems adoption have been identified. With the resultant framework of variables, 288 Indian cases have been scanned to identify and contrast adoption reasons in India with other countries. Also through χ2 test their associations have been studied with respect to industry and size among Indian organizations. Findings - All the adoption reasons are present in Indian organizations. All the adoption reasons are indifferent to the industry of organization. Similarly it is found that all the adoption reasons but one is indifferent to the size of organization. Only organizational change is found to be significantly related with the size. Research limitations/implications - The scope of study is limited to the Indian organizations that have implemented enterprise systems software. All the manifest variables have been marked with only two values 0 for absence and 1 for presence while omitting the information on relative strength. There is potential possibility of bias toward ES implementation benefits and relative comfort in implementing the target vendor's product. This research has utilized secondary data that might not have been cr

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