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Virtual organization. A virtual organization is a temporary or permanent collection of geographically dispersed individuals, groups, organizational units, or entire organizations that depend on electronic linking in order to complete the production process ( working definition [1] ). Virtual organizations do not represent a firm’s attribute ...
A virtual team (also known as a geographically dispersed team, distributed team, or remote team [1]) usually refers to a group of individuals who work together from different geographic locations and rely on communication technology [2] such as email, instant messaging, and video or voice conferencing services in order to collaborate.
A functional organizational structure is a structure that consists of activities such as coordination, supervision and task allocation. The organizational structure determines how the organization performs or operates. The term "organizational structure" refers to how the people in an organization are grouped and to whom they report.
Learning organization. In business management, a learning organization is a company that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself. [1] The concept was coined through the work and research of Peter Senge and his colleagues. [2]
Virtual private network. A virtual private network ( VPN) is a mechanism for creating a secure connection between a computing device and a computer network, or between two networks, using an insecure communication medium such as the public Internet.
Abbe Mowshowitz. Abbe Mowshowitz (born 13 November 1939, Liberty, New York) [1] is an American academic, a professor of computer science at the City College of New York and a member of the Doctoral Faculty in Computer Science at The City University of New York who works in the areas of the organization, management, and economics of information ...
Sociology. Organizational theory refers to a series of interrelated concepts that involve the sociological study of the structures and operations of formal social organizations. Organizational theory also seeks to explain how interrelated units of organization either connect or do not connect with each other. Organizational theory also concerns ...
Collaborative network. A collaborative network is a network consisting of a variety of entities (e.g. organizations and people) that are largely autonomous, geographically distributed, and heterogeneous in terms of their operating environment, culture, social capital and goals, but that collaborate to better achieve common or compatible goals ...