Creating High-tech Teams: Practical Guidance On Work Performance And Technology

In Creating High-Tech Teams: Practical Guidance on Work Performance and Technology, leaders in science and industry explore the state-of-the-art in technology and teamwork and translate this information into the best possible guidance for industrial-organizational practitioners. Contributors who work with specific types of technology, such as groupware and data visualization, describe their understanding of how that technology affects teamwork and provide guidance on how to use it. They also review the most prevalent tools used today and explain how they are applied in a number of industries. The final section of the volume provides a glimpse into the future by discussing various applications of "virtual" teammates, in which part of the team is the technology.