Managing Virtual Teams: Practical Techn

by Martha Haywood

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890069131
• ISBN13: 9780890069134
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Artech House Publishers
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Management Perspective

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.

Highly recommended

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.

Haywood is my hero!

This highly organized, "how-to" book is best in class. From its pragmatic examples to its in depth understanding of "real" work processes, this book examines all of the aspects of v-teams and is fairly objective in its recommendations. While not giving "deification" to I.T., it DOES break down the elements of IT necessary for success. GREAT BOOK for managers of projects which span geographies

Highly practical, use-it-tomorrow suggestions

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.

Lots of practical assistance for this critical need.

This book was much better than I expected when I first heard of it. Based on solid research, Haywood gives both the underlying strategies and practical applications for effective virtual collaboration. It went through our office like wildfire - I had trouble hanging on to my copy. A must for anyone involved in work groups separated by distance or availability problems.