Going Virtual: Distributed Communities of Practice contributes to the understanding of how more subtle kinds of knowledge can be managed in a distributed international environment. It describes academic work in the field of Knowledge Management, with a specific focus on the management of knowledge which cannot be managed by the normal capture-codify-store approach and hopes to answer the question, "what is the nature of the more 'subtle' kind of knowledge and how can it be managed in the distributed environment?"

From the moment the pandemic took hold in Spring 2020, libraries and library workers have demonstrated their fortitude and flexibility by adapting to physical closures, social distancing guidelines, and a host of other challenges. Despite the obstacles, they’ve been able to stay connected to their communities—and helped connect the people in their communities to each other, as well as to the information and services they need and enjoy. Ostman and ALA’s Public Programs Office (PPO) here present a handpicked cross-section of successful programs, most of them virtual, from a range of different libraries. Featuring events designed to support learning, spark conversation, create connection, or simply entertain, the ideas here will inspire programming staff to try similar offerings at their own libraries. Showcasing innovation in action as well as lessons learned, programs include COVID-19 Misinformation Challenge, featuring an email quiz, to encourage participants to separate fact from fiction; weekly virtual storytimes; community cooking demonstrations via Zoom; an online grocery store tour, complete with tips about shopping healthy on a budget; a virtual beer tasting that boasted 80 attendees; socially distanced "creativity crates" for summer reading; an online Minecraft club for kids ages 6 and up; a Zoom presentation about grieving and funerals during COVID, featuring the director of a local funeral home; Art Talk Tuesday, a one-hour, docent-led program; a virtual lecture on the history of witchcraft, presented by a public library in partnership with a university rare book room, that drew thousands of viewers; "knitting for knewbies" kits for curbside pickup; Songs from the Stacks, an ongoing virtual concert series in the style of NPR’s “Tiny Desk”; a pink supermoon viewing party that included people howling at the moon together from their homes on Facebook Live; and many others

The ongoing information revolution is perceived as a profound organizational challenge for foreign ministries. Yet there is only scant empirical evidence on the nature of the change dynamics. Anchored in new institutionalist approaches in political science, this book reconceptualizes diplomacy as an institution of the modern state order and identifies its key organizing principles maintained by the global group of foreign ministries. With this conceptualization as a point of departure, the book provides a comparative analysis of information technology effects in the foreign ministries of Canada, Norway and Slovakia. The result is a comprehensive assessment of the magnitude and the direction of change in the organizational machinery of diplomacy in early 21st Century.

"Our subject is how virtual teams actually work; how they use networked electronic information and communications systems as the infrastructure for their teaming processes"--Introduction.

Diploma Thesis from the year 1998 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 1.6, ( Middlesex University in London ), language: English, abstract: In einer virtuellen Organisation kooperieren unabhängige Unternehmen mit unterschiedlichen Kernkompetenzen über einen befristeten Zeitraum, um ein gemeinsames Ziel zu erreichen. Auf operativer Ebene vollzieht sich diese Zusammenarbeit durch die Hilfsmittel der Informationstechnologie. Wenn sich solche Unternehmen dauerhaft zu einer Personen- oder Kapitalgesellschaft zusammenschließen, so wird die virtuelle Organisation zur virtuellen Unternehmung; eine strategischen Partnerschaft. Die vorliegende Arbeit diskutiert im ersten Teil Definition, Vorteile, Probleme und innerbetriebliche Grundvoraussetzungen derselben. Innerhalb dieser Diskussion muß aber auch berücksichtigt werden, das die virtuelle Unternehmung durchaus ein strategisches Mittel darstellt, um in einem Markt operativ erfolgreich zu sein. Ob diese Hypothese für den Multimediasektor zutrifft, beantwortet der restliche Teil der Arbeit. Gerade hier verschwimmen ehemals klar getrennte Industriestrukturen durch Fortschritte im digitalen Datenaustausch. Firmen müssen flexibel auf die Anforderungen des Marktes reagieren. Um zu bestimmen ob die virtuelle Unternehmung ein geeignetes Instrument darstellt um diese Flexibilität zu gewährleisten, wird vorgeschlagen, daß ein Unternehmen, das Teil einer virtuellen Partnerschaft werden will, sein unmittelbares Marktumfeld, seine strategischen Ziele und seine internen Kompetenzen analysieren muß. Nur wenn diese drei Faktoren zusammenpassen, sollte eine Firma Teil einer virtuellen Unternehmung werden. In einer Reihe von Fallbeispielen mit Firmen aus dem Silicon Fen bei Cambridge wird dann der oben gewählte theoretische Lösungsansatz erprobt. Die Fallbeispiele basieren auf Interviews mit der Geschäftsleitung dieser Firmen. Der Lösungsansatz besagt im Detail, daß die virtuelle Unternehmung in dem Moment ein nützliches Hilfsmittel für eine Firma darstellt, wenn sie in einem Marktumfeld mit moderatem Risiko und stabilen Industriestandards tätig ist. Außerdem sollte das Unternehmen sich auf dem Markt etabliert haben, und bereit sein seine Position mit gezielten Investitionen zu festigen. Auch die im ersten Teil beschriebenen internen Kompetenzen für die virtuelle Unternehmung sollten vorhanden sein. Da diese Vorraussetzungen für viele Firmen im Multimediasektor (noch) nicht gegeben sind, sollte der strategischen Ausrichtigung hin zur virtuellen Unternehmung mit Vorsicht begegnet werden. Trotzdem kann das Model für Dienstleister und produzierende Unternehmen, die

Bitcoin, the digital currency, was introduced in 2009 with little fanfare; five years later, shocking the world, it was worth $14 billion. This book explores the cyber currency by focusing on the remarkable stories and intriguing personalities of those responsible for its sudden success: Satoshi Nakamoto, the reclusive and anonymous genius who created Bitcoin; Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, administrator of the largest and most successful Dark Web drug superstore, using Bitcoin to fuel online sale of drugs, hacking services, counterfeit money, and assassinations; and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Harvard graduates, successful litigants vs. Facebook, world-class Olympic rowers, and Bitcoin entrepreneurs who own 1 percent of all bitcoins in existence. Equal parts The Social Network, Sherlock Holmes, and Breaking Bad, this absorbing narrative tells the stories of the reclusive genius who waged a one-man war against the global banking system (and he's winning); the quiet and affable computer geek who, until his arrest, profited handsomely from Silk Road, his online drug superstore; and the multitalented Harvard twins, who made a fortune from an intellectual-property suit against Mark Zuckerberg, and now are the chief promoters of Bitcoin as "the next big thing." Bitcoin has introduced us to coke-fueled coding gurus, anger-crazed hitmen-hiring millionaires, and canny "Bitcoin miners" avidly adding processing power to their chilly Icelandic server farms to generate millions of dollars every month. Absurd and almost unbelievable stories abound, and sweep the reader along through the living and breathing, passionate and paranoid insiders who made it all happen.

Discusses the growing need for global software development and the foundations of development strategy. Progresses through development, emphasizing the differences between traditional and virtual management.

Building Creativity in Your Virtual Teams Creativity in Virtual Teams is a well-researched and practical resource that offers a new model for attaining high levels of creativity in virtual working arrangements to anyone who designs, manages, or participates in virtual teams. Written by Jill E. Nemiro–an expert in organization and virtual team building–Creativity in Virtual Teams provides a valuable tool that takes you beyond mere theory. Within these pages, the author leads you through a series of diagnostic tools, questions for reflection, checklists, and exercises that will help you assess and develop the five key components–design, climate, resources, norms and protocols, and continual assessment and learning–that will foster creativity in your virtual teams. In addition, Creativity in Virtual Teams is filled with illustrative lessons learned from nine highly successful and innovative virtual teams. Praise for Creativity in Virtual Teams "Nemiro has done an impressive piece of research on this so far neglected area–creativity in virtual teams. If you manage or belong to a team that aspires to higher levels of creativity–and what team doesn’t–you’ll find this book invaluable, thought-provoking, and highly readable." –Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps, authors of Virtual Teams "Having dealt with small to large virtual teams for over a decade, Dr. Nemiro’s book is the first book to provide a comprehensive, concise understanding of the dynamics and structure of virtual teams. A combination of theory and practical tools for all those either interested in establishing or bettering existing teams." –Patricia G. Flores, region account manager, Global Diversity Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard "Creativity in Virtual Teams is a must read for those who are working on or with virtual teams. It provides methods for continual assessment and learning in developing high levels of creativity in virtual teams. This book is an important resource for teams transitioning into this new way of working." –Nancy Sarti, manager, employee development, Southern California Edison "This is the first serious study of creativity in virtual teams. It offers a comprehensive framework and valuable assessment tools for putting the book’s lessons into practice in any organization." –Vijay Sathe, The Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University; author, Corporate Entrepreneurship

"This book provides an in-depth, practical perspective on the growing dependence of virtual teams and how to best exploit them"--Provided by publisher.