Syllabus Review Session ETM5110/MSIS5600 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

1. Installation of software for virtual team meeting
   (NetMeeting and Citrix Client)
2. Evaluation of virtual team experience
3. Internet search for available groupware, group
   support, or collaborative technologies
4. Prepare a top management briefing on virtual team
   success factors
5. 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

1. Teach We will explain and demonstrate concepts
2. Practice Students must take advantage of
   opportunities to practice using these concepts
3. 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

1. Encourage
2. Provide opportunities
3. Offer useful real world perspectives
4. Prepare students for the future
5. 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