Managing Virtual Teams (Artech House Professional Development Library) [Hardcover]

Martha Haywood (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0890069131 | ISBN-13: 978-0890069134 | Publication Date: September 30, 1998

Containing practical tools and proven techniques for managing virtual teams for optimum performance, this text uses real-world examples and specific guidelines to show the reader how distributed work groups can be even more productive, effective and flexible than traditional co-located teams. The book looks at communication, control, monitoring, team buiding, cultural differences, and legal and process issues. There are step-by-step procedures for "transitioning teams", and tips on using high-speed networks and groupware as tools for solving problems. The software serves as an assessment tool to help make the distributed team more effective.

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About the Author

Martha Haywood is a Senior Consulting Partner at Management Strategies where she has assisted companies such as Oracle, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett Packard, and Amdahl in the training and implementation of their distributed teams. She also teaches project management at the University of California Berkeley Extension.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: Artech House Publishers (September 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890069131
• ISBN-13: 978-0890069134
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,462,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Management Perspective, July 1, 2002

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Pam Sanghi (Chicago, Il) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing Virtual Teams (Artech House Professional Development Library) (Hardcover)

I have really looked a long time to find a book that has a practical management perspective. Most of the books I've read on virtual teams either focus on bits and bytes (which I don't need since I'm an IT Director) or high level organizational theory. This book had some really practical suggestions that I could implement to improve communication and control for my team.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, December 4, 2001

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Nathan D. Bos (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Managing Virtual Teams (Artech House Professional Development Library) (Hardcover)

I recently reviewed a number of books on distance work for a current project at a research center (...)and found Haywood's to be the best in its class. Haywood does a great job of describing the problems of distance work from different perspectives (manager, employee), and she gives sound advice on how to address these problems. Her prescribed solutions are balanced, and include some new technologies (e.g. personal web pages), but mostly she gives good advice on raising awareness of problems and setting reasonable policies for use of communications.

Haywood's book has more analysis and fewer case studies than others in this genre, which is what I was looking for. She does include plenty of vignettes, but they are short and to the point.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly practical, use-it-tomorrow suggestions, August 23, 2000

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James H. Whitworth (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing Virtual Teams (Artech House Professional Development Library) (Hardcover)

I chose this book to read and study because I needed a practical guide to managing a globally distributed team. As I continued reading, it became very clear to me that Ms. Haywood is a program/project manager who has managed distributed teams.

The materials are highly practical and useful.

'Managing Virtual Teams' has provided suggestion that I have used which have added value to my deliverables, added value in my relationships with colleagues, and added value to me as a program/project manager.