Organizing Across Distances: Managing Successful Virtual Team Meetings

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Author(s): Kris M. Markman (Bridgewater State College, USA)
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 19
Source title: Information Communication Technologies and Emerging Business Strategies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shenja van der Graaf (London School of Economics, UK)and Yuichi Washida (Hakuhodo Inc. & The University of Tokyo, Japan)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-234-3.ch013

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Information Systems / Business Science Reference / Consumer Management

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This chapter examines the use of computer chat technologies for virtual team meetings. The use of geographically dispersed (i.e., virtual) teams is a growing phenomenon in modern organizations. Although a variety of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been used to conduct virtual team meetings, one technology, synchronous computer chat, has not been exploited to its fullest potential. This chapter discusses some of research findings related to effective virtual teams and examines some structural features of chat as they relate to virtual meetings. Based on these characteristics, I offer tips for using chat as an effective tool for distant collaboration.

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