Syllabus Review Session ETM5110MSIS5600 Managing Virtual Project Teams

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Syllabus Review Session ETM5110/MSIS5600Managin
g Virtual Project Teams

• Nicholas C. Romano, Jr., Ph.D.
• Nicholas-Romano_at_mstm.okstate.eduPaul E.
  Rossler, Ph.D., P.E.
• prossle_at_okstate.edu

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About the Instructors

• Nicholas C. Romano, Jr., Ph.D.
• Assistant Professor, MSIS
• Ph.D. from University of Arizona
• 20 years work experience, much of it in group
  support for teamwork
• Paul E. Rossler, Ph.D., P.E.
• Associate Professor, IEM
• Ph.D. from Virginia Tech
• 20 years work experience, much of it in
  performance management and group processes

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Instructors Contact Information

• Nicholas Romano
• Nicholas-Romano_at_mstm.okstate.edu
• 918-594-8506
• Paul Rossler
• prossle_at_okstate.edu
• 918-594-8289

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About Yourself

• Please send an e-mail to both instructors that
  includes the following information
• Your name, where you work, what you do there
• Your preferred e-mail address for class
  communication
• A brief description of any virtual or distributed
  team experiences that you have had
• Your motivation for taking this course

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Syllabus Review Session Overview

• What this course is about
• Instructors teaching philosophy and expectations
  
• Evaluation of student performance
• How to obtain assigned journal articles

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Learning Objectives

• Know and understand the key challenges and issues
  associated with structuring, facilitating,
  participating in, leading, and supporting
  effective virtual teamwork.

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• Know and understand various processes, tools, and
  techniques useful for structuring and
  facilitating effective virtual teamwork and group
  decision-making processes.

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• Demonstrate an ability to apply (on paper) the
  above knowledge to an organizations virtual team
  performance problems and opportunities.

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Required Text

• Duarte, D. L., Snyder, N. T. 2001. Mastering
  Virtual Teams (2nd Ed.). San Francisco
  Jossey-Bass.

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Course Website

• www.okstate.edu/ceat/msetm/courses/etm5110msis560
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Schedule

• An Introduction to Virtual Teams
• Virtual Team Meeting Experience
• One synchronous on February 3, 600 to 700 CST
• One asynchronous, February 3 through 7
• Management Tools for Virtual Teams
• Leading and Managing Virtual Teams
• Planning and Facilitating Virtual Team Meetings

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Assignments

• Installation of software for virtual team meeting
  (NetMeeting and Citrix Client)
• Evaluation of virtual team experience
• Internet search for available groupware, group
  support, or collaborative technologies
• Prepare a top management briefing on virtual team
  success factors
• Design a virtual team meeting

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Submission of Assignments

• Must be submitted in the specified format (Word,
  Excel, or PowerPoint) via email to both
  instructors
• Label file according to the following naming
  convention first initiallast nameassignment
  .file extension
• For example, prossler2.doc or nromano4.ppt

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• The filename must also appear in the subject line
  of the email
• Do not send comments or ask questions in the
  email used to submit your assignment. If you
  have comments or questions, then please use a
  separate email for these.

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Late Policy

• Instructors must receive your assignment on or
  before the due date for you to earn credit
• Unless prior arrangements have been made
• Your anticipated delivery date is reasonable
• And a pattern of late work is not emerging
• An I is only given in those cases in which a
  student has demonstrated reasonable and
  consistent progress toward completion

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Teaching Philosophy

• If we only tell you, you might forget
• If we show you, you might remember
• If you get yourself involved, you will understand

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Three steps to active student learning

• Teach We will explain and demonstrate concepts
• Practice Students must take advantage of
  opportunities to practice using these concepts
• Evaluate Assignments allow instructor
  evaluationStudents must also learn to evaluate
  themselves and prepare accordingly

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We are educators/professors, not trainers. We
will

• Encourage
• Provide opportunities
• Offer useful real world perspectives
• Prepare students for the future
• Take a small step preparing students to better
  lead and manage virtual teams

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Performance Evaluation

• 5 assignments, each worth 20 points
• Grade based on total points earned out of 100
• Specific grading criteria decided by class during
  the virtual team meeting

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How to obtain journal articles

• Journal article citations found in course
  syllabus by week
• All on Course Reserve (eReserve) at
  http//osucatalog.library.okstate.edu/
• Detailed instructions on how to access articles
  to be sent via email