Ikäjohtaminen hoitotyössä

Abstract: Age management in nursing care

Argumentoivasta imagokuvaelmasta ekspoloristiseen selviytymiskertomukseen : vanhuspolitiikan tulkintakehyksen rakentuminen kunnallisissa teksteissä

Abstract: from an argumentative image tableau to an exploratory survival story - evolution of the interpretative frame of geriatrci policies in municipal texts

Maakuntalaisten osallistuminen Kainuun halintokokeiluun suunnitteluvaiheessa

Abstract: Provincial involvement at the planning stage of the Kainuu administrative experiment

Sukupolven tilinpäätös

Kirja-arvio

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25 vuoden ikään ehtinyt Aikuiskasvatus-lehti kysyi aikuiskasvatuksen professoreilta heidän näkemyksiään neljässä asiassa

Yksityisen, julkisen ja kolmannen sektorin yhteistyön käynnistämisvaihe hoivapalvelutuotannossa

Abstract: Initiating co-operation in the production of care services between the private, public and third sectors

Communication challenges in virtual teams – a case study of implementing computer-mediated communication technologies in inter-organisational virtual teams

This thesis seeks to answer, if communication challenges in virtual teams can be overcome with the help of computer-mediated communication. Virtual teams are becoming more common work method in many global companies. In order for virtual teams to reach their maximum potential, effective asynchronous and synchronous methods for communication are needed. The thesis covers communication in virtual teams, as well as leadership and trust building in virtual environments with the help of CMC. First, the communication challenges in virtual teams are identified by using a framework of knowledge sharing barriers in virtual teams by Rosen et al. (2007) Secondly, the leadership and trust in virtual teams are defined in the context of CMC. The performance of virtual teams is evaluated in the case study by exploiting these three dimensions. With the help of a case study of two virtual teams, the practical issues related to selecting and implementing communication technologies as well as overcoming knowledge sharing barriers is being discussed. The case studies involve a complex inter-organisational setting, where four companies are working together in order to maintain a new IT system. The communication difficulties are related to inadequate communication technologies, lack of trust and the undefined relationships of the stakeholders and the team members. As a result, it is suggested that communication technologies are needed in order to improve the virtual team performance, but are not however solely capable of solving the communication challenges in virtual teams. In addition, suitable leadership and trust between team members are required in order to improve the knowledge sharing and communication in virtual teams.