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Showing 1 to 20 of 94 for “"project teams"”.
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Student project teams : great idea - wrong species?
… into the question of whether the use of student project teams helps create a more effeetive learning environment for the development of the sort of skills referred to above or are they, as Argyris suggests, helping reinforce model 1 'theories-in-use'such as ""skilled incompetence and defensive …
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Globally dispersed project teams : interaction space management
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.
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A framework for improving the effectiveness of distributed project teams
… is on improving the effectiveness of distributed project teams - adopting a widely accepted definition of team as described in "Virtual Teams" as: "A team is a collection of individuals who are interdependent in their tasks, who share responsibility for outcomes, who see themselves and who are …
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Leadership influence tactics in project teams: a multilevel social relations analysis
… and dyadic levels of analysis. In student project teams, the proportion of variance due to each component (agent and target effects at the individual level and relationship effects at the dyadic level) is estimated for each of 9 influence tactics (Rational Persuasion, Consultation, …
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Development of an integrated framework for satisfaction assessment of construction project teams
… emphasised on the need for customer focus and project satisfaction in the construction industry sector. The industry, however, has not fully embraced the practice of project satisfaction, which is grounded on meeting the needs of the customer. Though most research on project satisfaction has …
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An organizational framework for the use of web-based tools in ""Virtual"" project teams
The project management of virtual teams differs from that of traditional ones. Traditional project risks like complexity, the uncertainty of factors influencing the project, and the high interdependency of project tasks must be managed alongside changed temporal, geographic, and cultural …
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Multi-organizational project teams and construction innovation : the role of general contractor and construction manager
… economy based on globally networked teams. This dispersed "market-oriented" structure is a new reality for many current industrial organizations who must transform from fully-integrated, centralized organizations into loose networks of suppliers and sellers utilizing just-in-time …
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Building trust in cross-cultural relationships: Active trust through culture mobilisation in Finnish-Indian project teams
… trust building in Finnish-Indian distributed teams engaged in knowledge-intensive project work. To understand how actors build trust in the context of cultural distance and virtual collaboration, dynamic approaches to trust building and culture were adopted. The data were collected through …
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Model for assessment of trust within virtual project teams of construction sector in the Middle East
… many construction companies to adopt virtual project teams for their business activities and is facing number of challenges. The Middle East is a multicultural region and hence, it’s very important to understand the phenomenon of these virtual project teams who relate across multiple cultures. …
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A Mixed Methods Study of Leader-Follower Dynamics in Student Project Teams: Toward Advancing Career Readiness
… insufficiently prepared to work effectively in teams. The central problem this study seeks to solve pertains to the inability of college graduates to engage effectively in teamwork. I have identified transformational leadership and effective followership behaviors as predictors of teamwork …
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Designing high performance teams for projects : a study of 49 project teams in the UK construction industry
Teams have been presented as a panacea to complex and turbulent business environments, but there are few examples of genuinely high-performing teams. This study considers the utility of work design as a means of improving the performance of project teams and thereby resolving this paradox. Grounded …
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A Multi-Level Longitudinal Investigation of Transformational Leadership Influence on Team Members Development in Engineering Project Teams
… Leadership in the context of engineering project teams. Using a longitudinal research design, this study also examines the relationship between Transformational Leadership and followers’ Core Self-Evaluations developments. Data were collected over 16 weeks from 143 undergraduate …
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The Dynamics of Task-related Discussion in the Pursuit of Radical Innovation: Innovation Project Teams as Interpretation Systems
… reach out to experts all over the world and form project teams dedicated to the innovation effort. However, research shows that while some innovation teams are very successful in achieving significant breakthroughs, many struggle to make their collaborations work. In this dissertation, we aim to …
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BIM and Communication: Implementation of Building Information Modeling Into an Integrated Project Delivery Contract to Encourage Project Teams to Communicate
… IPD and their implementation into a building project contract. The Integrated Delivery Processes is comprised of a collaborative team of Designers, Constructors, and Owners working side by side to create a successful project. BIM has been introduced as a technology into the industry, as a tool …
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Introducing a relational approach to the study of emotions in project teams: The case of a public–non-profit partnership programme
… in the actuality of programmes as a form of project-based work, the thesis develops two major contributions. First, it proposes relational leadership as a more pragmatic approach to leading programmes that are commonly characterised by ambiguity, turbulence, and change. Second, the thesis …
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A study of the relationship between trust and the effective communication of information within project teams of large high tech organizations
… of communications and its effectiveness within a project team. The research focuses specifically on organizational context, the situational forces that exist within this context, and the effects they have on trust within project teams. A review of previous studies of trust as it relates to human …
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Multi-National Project Team Communications and Cultural Influences
… case study dissertation examined multinational project teams' communication satisfaction as influenced by the project team's cultural attribute of power distance. Utilizing a exploratory case study, semi-guided interview research approach, ordinal scale data and open-ended contextual based …
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Assessing the Influence Of ICT on Project Management Team Performance: The Case of Selected Tanzania Federation of Cooperative (TFC) Projects, Dar es Salaam.
… is very important for facilitating successful project management, for ensuring success project routine hence organizational performance. Despite the awareness of the relationship between job performances and job satisfactions, influence of internal communication into organization performance …
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Cloud-Native Applications and Their Role in Supporting Agile Hardware Development
… to change as a mindset and methodology for project teams. Agile has been instrumental in software development and improving overall project outcomes for software teams. Agile has recently been introduced to hardware teams, given the benefits experienced with software teams. While Agile for …
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Identification of critical success factors for enhancing virtual project team performance in South Africa's local government context
Internationally, virtual project teams have surfaced as an essential organizational structure due to improved information and communication technology and changes in corporate values. Furthermore, virtual project teams are favoured for the flexibility they provide in terms of recruiting the best …
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