Going Virtual: Moving Your Organization Into the 21st Century

Going Virtual: Moving Your Organization Into the 21st Century, 1/e

Ray Grenier
George Metes

Published August, 1995 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

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Summary

Helps managers understand the true implications of "the virtual organization," and how to implement it. This is the first book to extend the definition of "virtual" beyond the basics, describing exactly how virtual teams work together using networked, electronic information and communications systems. Covers the electronic operations, cultural implications and technologies of virtual operations, including strategies for training and technology investment. This book helps organizations re- engineer while moving at full speed.

Features

helps decision makers plan and manage the transition to the virtual organization.
provides hands-on solutions for problems of both technology and culture.
provides case studies of leading edge innovators in the U.S. and international markets.
provides a conceptual overview of the operations that will make a virtual operation succeed.
describes methods for building successful cross-functional virtual teams.