Teams and Technology
Fulfilling the Promise of the New Organization
Published on 1. May 1996
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-87584-399-5 (ISBN)
Description
Based on the authors' research and experience in more than 100 organizations - large and small, high- and low-tech, service and product providers - "Teams and Technology" shows how to develop new information systems that support collaborative work, how to build teams that take advantage of technological potential, and how to create an organization with a structure and policies that support the synergy of teams and technology.
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Content
Part 1 Mutual design implementation - a framework for developing teams, technology, and organizations: teams, information technology and organizational change; about the focus of MDI - definitions, concepts and issues. Part 2 Laying the foundation: creating the big picture; defining MDI team composition I - selecting user team delegates; defining MDI team composition II - selecting IT experts and others; designing the MDI team. Part 3 Designing and implementing teams and technology: stage 1 - positioning, exploring and focusing; stage 2 - designing and building the "box"; stage 2, continued - designing user teams; stage 3 - implementing the technology and the teams. Part 4 Creating new organizations: the final step - becoming a team-based, technology-enabled organization; organizations without boundaries - new forms for the 21st century.