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    Leading Dispersed Teams
    Leading Dispersed Teams
    Leading Dispersed Teams
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    Leading Dispersed Teams

    By Michael Kossler and Sonya Prestridge

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    Dispersed teams have members in different countries, cultures, and time zones. Such teams share some important characteristics with local teams, but they also present unique challenges. Organizations need to prepare for and support them properly to realize their full potential.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCenter for Creative Leadership
    Release dateMar 1, 2004
    ISBN9781604917109
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      Leading Dispersed Teams - Michael Kossler

      What Is a Dispersed Team?

      Simply put, a dispersed team has members who are not located in the same place. Like virtual teams or cross-functional teams, which can span organizational boundaries, dispersed teams also span boundaries. But their distances are measured by country, culture, and time zones. Their members come from different cultures and can bring with them radically different perspectives.

      Dispersed teams bring together in one intriguing work unit the phenomena of human-technology interactions, teamwork, and communication among people separated by time, culture, and distance. Such features give rise to distinct challenges to effective performance and to the development of interpersonal relationships among team

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