SESSION 5 TOPICS Learning organizations and Technology--additional consideration. Introduction to Knowledge Management and Data Bases Development of telecommuting, virtual offices, and virtual organizations.  How these change social interactions and create the need for virtual teams. Leadership opportunities and challenges.

10-15-2001 SESSION 5 LINKED ASSIGNMENT.  Written Assignment. Not more than the equivalent of about one page on your evaluation of Virtual Teams: Reaching Across Space, Time and Organizations With Technology by Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey StampsA short "mini-book" Introduction and Chapter 1 [http://www.virtualteams.com/library/Publications/VirtualTeams/index_vt.html]** Chapter summaries [http://www.virtualteams.com/library/lib_fr.asp]*** Post your initial assignment as a .  Post comments on the arguments of others or as a  on the Discussion Board forum Learning Organizations

 

Learning Organizations and Technology

Specific consideration of what, if any, role technology might play in making the Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies more of a Learning Organization. (see resources under Session 4).

Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management Power Point Slide Presentation [http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/doctoral/alberts/sld001.htm]

Four Views of Knowledge and Knowledge Management, Robert J. McQueen, University of Waikato [http://www.isworld.org/ais.ac.98/proceedings/track13/mcqueen.pdf]

What is Knowledge Management? Yogesh Malhotra, Ph.D. Knowledge Management for the New World of Business [http://www.brint.com/km/whatis.htm]

Chris Kimble and Kevin McLoughlin, Computer based Information Systems and Managers' Work [pdf] [http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/research/NTWE'95.pdf]

Interview with Yogesh Malhotra, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Organizations & Knowledge Workers: A View from the Front Lines [http://www.brint.com/interview/maeil.htm]

Role of Information Technology in Managing Organizational Change and Organizational Interdependence Yogesh Malhotra [http://www.brint.com/papers/change/]

Knowledge Management & Organizational Learning [http://www.brint.com/OrgLrng.htm]

Knowledge Management Reference Sites [http://cis.kaist.ac.kr/research/kmsite.htm]WWW Resources on Knowledge Management [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wfan/km.htm]10-17-2001

Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management University of Colorado at Denver[http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/org_learning.html]

Sociology of Organization, University of Amsterdam [http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/TOPICS/Organization.html]

Knowledge Management: Strategies and Tools. Institute of systems Science ISS.  SLIDES [http://choo.fis.utoronto.ca/iss/km/]

Introduction to Database Systems

Resource Person

Introduction to Database & Database Design Power Point presentation by Carol Vázquez Villar, cvillar@umiami.miami.edu University of Miami, School of Business [http://www.bus.miami.edu/~cvillar/ppt/database/sld001.htm] (you may need to scroll down to get to the button for the next slide)

Access Tutorial by Alan Carswell UMUC Graduate School of Management and Technology [http://polaris.umuc.edu/~acarswel/ADMN640/AccessTutorial.html]Note there are four parts to this tutorial. You do not need to download the data.

Virtual Teams and Virtual Leadership

Streaming Audio/Streaming Video and being in touch? How to Add Live Audio and Video to Your Site [http://www.ezytech.com.hk/realnetworks/pdfs/RealSystem_App.pdf] 10-17-2001 Filming for the Internet [http://ramhurl.real.com/smildemohurl.html?file=marketing/tools/procentral/FIlm176x132.rm] Creating streaming video [http://www.realnetworks.com/developers/index.html?src=010709realhome_1,rnhmpg_062001,rnhmci] Streaming Media Starter Kit from REAL [http://www.realnetworks.com/promos/ra8/starterkit.html?src=010709realhome_1&mcc=rlhmpg] Systems for Conferences Centra Symposium for virtual classrooms, highly interactive team collaboration, and hands-on training applications. View the demo. [http://www.centra.com/demovideo/]

Virtual Teams: Reaching Across Space, Time and Organizations With Technology by Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey StampsA short "mini-book"
Introduction and Chapter 1 [http://www.virtualteams.com/library/Publications/VirtualTeams/index_vt.html]**
Chapter summaries [http://www.virtualteams.com/library/lib_fr.asp]***

Through the Worm Hole Links For Virtual Teams Excerpted from Virtual Teams: [http://www.netage.com/netage2k/library2k/worm.htm]**

Managing Geographically Distributed Project Teams [http://3m.com/meetingnetwork/readingroom/gdss_dist_teams.html]

"Cooperative Efforts in Electronic Contexts: the Relevance of Prior Face-to-Face Interactions" Elena Rocco [http://hsb.baylor.edu/ramsower/ais.ac.96/papers/rocco.htm]

E-TEAM: FORMING A VIABLE GROUP ON INTERNET by John S. Edwards, K.C. Burgess, Denis P. Cowan, and others. Elogue, a consortium of consultants [http://www.elogue.gil.com.au/eteam.htm]**

3M US Web Site, books dealing with virtual teams and virtual leadership [http://3m.com/meetingnetwork/readingroom/bookstore_ISBN0446670871.html]

Virtualteams, the place on the web for virtual work [http://virtualteams.com/]**

Virtual Teams: The Future is Now LiNE Zine [http://virtualteams.com/company/press/LiNE%20Zine%20Spring%202001.htm]**

Leadership in Virtual Organization by David Gould [http://www.seanet.com/~daveg/leadersh.htm] **
The Virtual Organization Web Site by David Gould, A site concerned with various aspects of virtual organization such as leadership, structure, collaboration, teams, technology, methods, and learning. [http://www.seanet.com/~daveg/index.htm]**

Center for the Study of Work Teams, University of North Texas [http://www.workteams.unt.edu/]**

Teamworks, the Virtual Team Assistant, is a web site developed to provide support for group communication processes, and especially for design teams in engineering and other practical arts and sciences. [http://www.vta.spcomm.uiuc.edu/]**

WWWebliography: General Resources on Teamwork [http://www.vta.spcomm.uiuc.edu/weblio.html]**

Network Leadership: Distributed Leadership in Distributed Groups by Jean M. Sullivan [http://virtualteams.com/library/articles/Publications/Seybold/Seybold6_11-89.html]**

 

See ALSO:

Virtual Teams : Reaching Across Space, Time, and Organizations With Technology, by Jessica Lipnack, Jeffrey Stamps

The Virtual Edge : Embracing Technology for Distributed Project Team Success, by Margery Mayer

The Distributed Mind : Achieving High Performance Through the Collective Intelligence of Knowledge Work Teams, by Kimball Fisher, Maureen Duncan Fisher, Mareen Duncan Fisher

Fifth Generation Management : Co-Creating Through Virtual Enterprising, Dynamic Teaming, and Knowledge Networking, by Charles M. Savage

Virtual Leadership : Secrets from the Round Table for the Multi-Site Manager, by Jaclyn Knights of the Tele-Round Table Kostner

Association for Information Systems [http://www.aisnet.org/]
Short hands-on activities

Introduction to on-line data collection
Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation by David Fetterman with links to wet sites and free software [http://www.stanford.edu/~davidf/empowermentevaluation.html]
Brief introduction by Carol Conway with links to several sites.[http://www.crsonline.net/techarticles/tech_column-1.htm]**
Online Survey Software - Ask Anything By Esther Schindle (1998) [http://www.zdnet.com/sp/issues/980720/337576.html]**

How to do ... Online Research from "Research Guide to Internet Technology" - January 2001 [http://www.virtualsurveys.com/papers/howto.htm]**

Special Guest: Karla Dalley, Faculty, Nursing Program, Gonzaga University

Surveying online.  Software review from the January 18, 2000 PC Magazine. [http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2417503,00.html]
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