"Linking ERP and e-Business to a Framework of an Integrated e-Supply Chain"

"International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations Volume 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 310-330 A conceptual meta-framework for managing multicultural global virtual teams Hosseini, M.R. , Zuo, J. , Chileshe, N. , Baroudi, B. Barbara Hardy Institute (BHI), School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, G.P.O. Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia View references (122) Abstract Although GVTs can bring about many benefits for organisations, the potential advantages of using GVTs largely depend upon fulfilling the requirements prescribed by the critical success factors (CSFs) of implementing GVTs such as resolving the multiculturalism issues. Likewise, it is acknowledged that management aspects of implementing GVTs present one of the most complicated tasks in deploying the foregoing teams in organisations. These complications have roots in the necessity of using ICTs as the main medium exacerbated by multiculturalism and geographical dispersion of members. The area is in need of further research, which necessitates building intermediate theories and frameworks. This paper aims at critically observing and analysing the existing literature on managing GVTs as the first step resulting in developing theoretical frameworks. Drawing upon a dynamic integrated approach, this paper presents a conceptual meta-framework for incorporating different issues of managing GVTs titled as 'Dynamic Package of Managing' (DPM) global virtual teams. Copyright © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Author keywords Global virtual teams; GVTs; Management; Members; Multiculturalism; Networking; Virtual organisations ISSN: 14709503Source Type: Journal Original language: English DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2013.057280Document Type: Article"

"Virtual Development Management System"

"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

"Poliandri, Vincenza (2013) Leadership e tecnologia nei team virtuali. [Tesi di dottorato] Full text disponibile come: [img] PDF Document 5Mb Abstract (english) Virtual teams (VT) are today a pervasive form of work since organizations increasingly use them to perform knowledge intensive tasks and innovative activities. VTs' features are global distribution of members (spatial and temporal dispersion), pervasive use of technologies as the main means of communication and collaboration and functional, organizational, disciplinary, cultural and linguistic heterogeneity of members. In the last years the research interest on VT has grown according to their diffusion in organizations, enabled by the development of new technologies and recent economic changes. Today the effectiveness of these teams is strategic for organizations because they have the potential to increase competitiveness and flexibility. The literature on VT and work at a distance provides numerous contributions on the factors influencing their effectiveness as technology use and leadership processes. As in traditional teams, even in VT the role of the leader is crucial for the performance of the group, but the traditional leadership models considered so far show their limits when they are moved into a virtual environment. This happens because leadership theories have been studied for co-located teams which are based on face-to-face interactions, while VTs' dynamics are partially different and cannot be completely explained by traditional theories. Another important factor related to the effectiveness of VT is technology, seen both as a means of communication and of collaboration. The VTs' leadership is expressed through technology, so leaders choose and use different types of technologies and combination of media; moreover, leaders and members must have the sense and the perception of the presence of technology and also being able to use it. However studies on how this two elements relate to each other

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"Título : El desarrollo de la confianza en equipos distribuidos : ¿una posibilidad remota? Autor : Veinsten, Marcela Palabras clave : Virtual work teams -- Management -- Case studies. Communication in management -- Case studies. Equipos de trabajo virtual -- Administración -- Casos de estudio. Comunicación en la administración -- Casos de estudio. Fecha de publicación : 11-nov-2013 Resumen : El desarrollo de la confianza en los equipos remotos es producto de varias condiciones internas y externas al equipo interrelacionadas e interdependientes. Ha sido estudiado en diversos contextos analizando su impacto en los resultados y su relación con otros procesos socioemocionales y de tarea, encontrando modelos variados de explicación. Más allá de los diferentes hallazgos, todos concluyen que es un requisito indispensable en equipos que trabajan en forma distribuida. El presente estudio de carácter cualitativo en equipos de trabajo temporales dedicados al desarrollo de aplicaciones de sistemas nos ha permitido explorar el desarrollo de la confianza y su relación con dos procesos de equipo: la comunicación mediada por la tecnología y el tratamiento de los conflictos. Nos hemos preguntado cómo se desarrolla la confianza en estos equipos y cuál es su relación con el uso de los medios y la forma de abordar el conflicto. Hemos encontrado que en este tipo de equipo la confianza se construye y se mantiene principalmente cuando los miembros valoran el aporte técnico de cada integrante. Se prioriza la confianza en las competencias profesionales respecto de los otros tipos de confianza. Si bien el uso diferenciado de los medios de comunicación y su grado de sincronía son contemplados en los intercambios, no se ha encontrado un patrón común que permita establecer una relación entre la forma que asume este proceso y el nivel de confianza desarrollado. Los conflictos que presentan mayor relevancia desde la percepción de estos equipos son aquellos asociados a

"Mobility Matters: Technology, Telework, and the (Un)sustainable Consumption of Distance Hynes, Michael URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/3814 Date: 2013-11-01 Abstract: Anthropogenic climate change and its environmental and social consequences are of increasing concern worldwide. Approaches that advocate a 'greening' of current economic and social systems through technological innovation and development tend to dominate policy responses, particularly in resource-intensive sectors such as transport. Technology is perceived in (over)optimistic terms, with limited evidence of challenges to contemporary growth-centric models of development, production, and consumption that cause climate change, a position that can be labelled as a shallow Ecological Modernisation (EM) approach. Work takes up a considerable portion of people's lives whilst travelling to and from work has become a key feature of everyday mobility in many developed and developing countries. A significant contributor to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, transport in its current form is deemed to be unsustainable. In a European context, telework - an arrangement that enables employees work from home - has been suggested as a virtual mobility option with the potential to reduce the 'consumption of distance' associated with regular commuting. Given its emphasis on the application of technology to solve environmental problems, the uncritical promotion of telework constitutes a prime example of shallow EM thinking. Despite the prominence of EM rhetoric in climate policy and practice, theoretically informed empirical explorations of its implementation and impacts remain incomplete. Drawing on a multi-method investigation of telework in the Republic of Ireland, this research finds current policy thinking and practice amongst decision-makers to be largely reflective of neo-liberal environmentalism, contributing little to curbing the consumerist impulses of contemporary economic models and lifestyles. The environmenta

" Virtual R&D Teams in Small and Medium Enterprises: A Literature Review Nader Ale Ebrahim, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Zahari Taha, University of Malaya (UM) - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya (UM) - Research Support Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP), University of Malaya (UM), University of Malaya (UM), Date posted to database: January 5, 2010 Last Revised: February 2, 2010 "

"Do empowered employees absorb knowledge? An empirical investigation of the effects of psychological empowerment dimensions on absorptive capacity."

"An examination of the factors influencing relationship building and performance in virtual R&D project teams "