This website contains many links to reference material related to virtual organizations, outsourcing, and new organizational forms. In addition to websites, there are direct links to papers and articles and topics relevant to and supporting various aspects of these three topics, including but not limited to, IT and infrastructure, virtual IT organizations, networks, inter-organizational networks, virtual enterprises, computing, telecommunications, virtual corporations and network organizations.
Type of Material:
Reference material
Recommended Uses:
This could be used as a homework assignment
Could be used for group discussion in class
Could be discussed in teams.
Technical Requirements:
This site was reviewed with Internet Explorer version 11, Chrome and Firefox version 36. Adobe Reader may be required to access some of the articles.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
- To understand Virtual Organizations
-To understand how virtual organizations are effective in the broad Management challenges before us today.
Target Student Population:
Depending on how the material is used, this can apply to both undergraduate (third and fourth year) students and graduate students. For undergraduate, this would be good exposure to many different aspects in each of these areas. For graduate students this can provide sources for additional research and in-depth review.
For organizations, this can be useful to IT,HR and management because of the wide variety of information available.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Since the three key topic areas are virtual organizations, outsourcing and new organizational forms, students need to have a basic understanding of IT, management, and organizational behavior
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
- This site is significant resource for anyone interested in virtual organizations, outsourcing and new organizational forms due to the breadth of material available.
- The amount of information presented is quite extensive.
Concerns:
- At the top of the page there is no title.
- There are article links to mathematics, economics, analytics and other related areas.
- The information on virtual organization starts approximately halfway down the screen and continues from there.
- Scrolling farther down, outsourcing new organizational forms are available. This may be confusing to some because there is no title at the top, and the virtual organizational information actually begins lower on the screen.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
- This is very effective as a single resource because of the variety of topics available.
- There are different levels of information available, from general information to academic papers.
Concerns:
Because of the tremendous variety of topics, users must read carefully and scroll down to find topics of interest.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
- This is very easy to use because of the significant number of resources available on one page.
- It is easy to scroll down and click on the links to find the information.
- In testing some of the links, there was no problem with access.
- It is a fairly simple design
Concerns:
- It could be "tightened up" in terms of how it is presented. It looks a bit "crowded" which may prevent some users from taking advantage of it.
Other Issues and Comments:
The print is rather small, readers may need to make the screen larger if ease of reading is required.
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