1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Engineering and Technical Sciences
3. winter term 2019/2020
4. e-business - First-cycle Erasmus programme
5. Work in a virtual team

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Work in a virtual team - course description

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the principles of teamwork and knowledge transfer.

Prerequisites

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Scope

The role of technology in social life. Technology and innovation processes in the private and public sectors.

Team. Teams at work environment. Team roles. Team development phases. Team and communication. Work within interdisciplinary team.

Conditions for effective communication, errors in communication with the client or contractor. The effective team communication tools.

Leadership skills in business situations and workplace.

Management of information and knowledge resources for the needs of e-business.

Specifying, designing, implementing and applying information and communication technologies in e-business.

Teaching methods

Project. Brainstorm. Discussion.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

The following guidelines will be used to establish the final grade for the course:  the passing condition is to obtain positive marks from all exercises conducted during the semester.

Grades will be administered using the standard 90% = 5, 80% = 4.5, 70% = 4, 60% = 3.5, 50%= 3.
Specifically, 100 – 90 = 5, 89 - 80 = 4.5, 79 - 70 = 4, 69 - 60 = 3.5, and 59 - 50 = 3.

Recommended reading

1. Hunsaker P.L., Hunsaker J.S.: Virtual teams: A leader’s guide, Team Performance Management. 2018;14(1–2):86–101.
2. Gold, N. Teamwork: An Interdisciplinary Approach. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
3. Subversion, http://subversion.apache.org
4. Pullan, P 2016, Virtual Leadership : Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams, Kogan Page, London, United Kingdom, viewed 10 December 2019,
5. Brewer, PE 2015, International Virtual Teams : Engineering Global Success, IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series, Wiley-IEEE Press, Hoboken, New Jersey, viewed 10 December 2019,
6. DuFrene, DD & Lehman, CM 2012, Managing Virtual Teams, vol 1st ed, Corporate Communication Collection, Business Expert Press, [New York, N.Y.] [222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017], viewed 10 December 2019, .

Further reading

1. Jarvis, DE 2018, 7 Essentials For Managing Virtual Teams, Cognella Press, [Place of publication not identified], viewed 10 December 2019, .
2. Iulia Dumitraşcu-Băldău & Oana Dumitraşcu 2019, ‘Research on the Behavior of Factors That Influence the International Virtual Project Team Performance, Using Data Modeling Techniques’, Sustainability, no. 3, p. 1, viewed 10 December 2019, .

Notes

None.

Modified by dr inż. Anna Pławiak-Mowna, prof. UZ (last modification: 10-12-2019 23:56)