The paper explores the application of Web 2.0 technologies to support product development efforts in a global, virtual and cross-functional setting. It analyses the dichotomy between the prevailing hierarchical structure of CAD/PLM/PDM systems and the principles of the Social Web under the light of the emerging product development trends. Further it introduces the concept of Engineering 2.0, in...

GLOBAL e-MENTORING: OVERCOMING VIRTUAL DISTANCE FOR ANEFFECTIVE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPby NANCY PHILIPPARTMay 2014Advisor: Dr. Ratna Babu ChinnamMajor: Industrial EngineeringDegree: Doctor of PhilosophyMentoring can enhance an employee’s career development and advancement but traditionalface-to-face mentoring has become less relevant because of globalization, incr...

1 Ronei Marcos de Moraes, Department of Statistics, Federal University of Paraíba CCEN, Cidade Universitária s/n, João Pessoa – PB, Brazil, [email protected] 2 Liliane dos Santos Machado, Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Paraíba CCEN, Cidade Universitária s/n, João Pessoa – PB, Brazil, [email protected] Abstract ⎯ In medicine, there are procedures performed not by only one ...

The emergence of virtual environments, in the early form of social networks, and recent, more elaborate incarnations such as Second Life and the Global Information Grid (GIG), create opportunities for new means of collaborating that negate the typical constraints of physical environments. Combined with previous work demonstrating the semi-automated formation of collaborative teams, this represe...

This paper seeks to add to the nascent research literature on virtual teams and virtual team leadership by investigating the issues facing virtual team leaders as they implement and lead virtual teams. In particular, the way in which leaders develop relationships with their virtual team members is explored. A research framework involving action learning was instituted, with data collection and ...