Creativity in virtual teams : key components for success /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco :
Pfeiffer,
©2004.
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| Series: | Collaborative work systems series
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=107256 |
Table of Contents:
- I: Design
- 1. Mapping out the creative process and work design approach
- Major approaches in the study of the creative process
- Stages of the virtual team creative process model
- Work design approaches used during the creative process
- Assessment tool: appraising the creative process and work design approach
- 2. Choosing an appropriate leadership structure
- Virtual team leadership structures
- Assessment tool: choosing an appropriate leadership structure
- II: Climate
- 3. Building task and interpersonal connection
- The pitfalls in building connection
- Connection and virtual team effectiveness
- Connection and virtual team creativity
- Assessment tool: gauging the level of task and interpersonal connection
- 4. Developing appropriate team member and management conditions and competencies
- Team member and management conditions
- Assessment tool: understanding the appropriate team member and management conditions
- Team member and management competencies
- Assessment tool: analyzing personal strengths and gaps in team member and management competencies
- III: Resources
- 5. Selecting appropriate communication tools to support the team's creative process
- The challenges in communication for virtual teams
- The dimensions of time and place
- The dimensions of social presence and information richness
- Communication tools available for collaborative and creative work
- Specific tools used during stages of the creative process
- Criteria for selecting appropriate communication tools
- Assessment tool: constructing a communication plan to support the team's creative process
- 6. Pulling together a creativity toolbox: creativity techniques and software tools
- Creativity techniques
- Creativity software tools
- Tool: pulling together your team's creative toolbox
- IV: Norms and protocols
- 7. Establishing appropriate norms and protocols
- Communication behavior norms
- Tool: developing an agreed-on set of communication behavior norms
- Project and task management norms
- Tool: developing an agreed-on set of project and task management norms
- V: Continual assessment and learning
- 8. Lessons learned and final assessment
- Lessons learned
- Final assessment and team action plan
- Why you need creativity.