Understanding Decision-Making within Distributed Project Teams

Download or read book Understanding Decision-Making within Distributed Project Teams written by Mario Bourgault, PhD and published by Project Management Institute. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers from across the world and in a variety of disciplines have become interested in describing and understanding the phenomenon of distributed projects and teams. This study aims to measure the extent to which some dimensions of the decision-making process are valued and used by distributed teams, as well as the influence of certain contextual variables. The proliferation of geographically dispersed teams is, of course, related to the explosive development of information and communication technologies (ICT), and particularly technologies related to the Internet. Now that these technologies are performing better and becoming more accessible, companies no longer seem to be challenged by the barrier of distance.