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International Virtual Teams: Engineering Global Success
Dr. Brewer presents a complete guide to international virtual team communication with the most up-to-date research developments in the engineering workplace on a global scale, and a problem-solving approach to using and communicating in virtual teams.
256 pages, Paperback
First published December 3, 2014
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April 18, 2020
Good advice for managing remote teams as well as managing in general
When the 2020 pandemic hit, my company found our lives relatively unchanged because, by that point, we had been a virtual company for 15 years with deep experience working as a remote team internally as well as working with our customers virtually far more than face-to-face.
The tools, strategies, and advice that Dr Brewer presents in her book matched with our over a decade's worth of experience. Transparency, open communication, and communicating about communication are key to a successful and healthy team function, growing trust-based relationships among the participants.
Brewer says: "Many researchers have found that trust increases the efficiency and sustainability of virtual teams and the priority processes of the organization...Trust is a very important element in highly functioning teams."
Indeed, this not only applies to intra-company teams but holds true for customer relationships, if similar strategies are applied.
This book is full of strategies and practical management and communication tools you can deploy right away to give your virtual team a fresh start as well as identify where things are failing. It's not "one and done", rather, it's an ongoing process that needs continuous care and feeding and this book can help.
Note: While I was given two chapters to review as a subject matter expert, I purchased and read the whole book after publication.
When the 2020 pandemic hit, my company found our lives relatively unchanged because, by that point, we had been a virtual company for 15 years with deep experience working as a remote team internally as well as working with our customers virtually far more than face-to-face.
The tools, strategies, and advice that Dr Brewer presents in her book matched with our over a decade's worth of experience. Transparency, open communication, and communicating about communication are key to a successful and healthy team function, growing trust-based relationships among the participants.
Brewer says: "Many researchers have found that trust increases the efficiency and sustainability of virtual teams and the priority processes of the organization...Trust is a very important element in highly functioning teams."
Indeed, this not only applies to intra-company teams but holds true for customer relationships, if similar strategies are applied.
This book is full of strategies and practical management and communication tools you can deploy right away to give your virtual team a fresh start as well as identify where things are failing. It's not "one and done", rather, it's an ongoing process that needs continuous care and feeding and this book can help.
Note: While I was given two chapters to review as a subject matter expert, I purchased and read the whole book after publication.
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