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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Session 9 activities

Session 9 Case: Managing Global Local
https://managingglobalsourcing.blogspot.ie/2011/01/managing-global-local.html

Thumbnail story of the case: the situation is... yes and...
Small group discuss and debrief list of: situation, issues, challenges
Small group discuss and debrief list of: recommendations, remedy, suggestions
Talk to Declan in the first person "Declan, how is...?" "Declan, do you...?" "Declan, I think you should consider..."

Session 9 Reading for Discussion
Vlaar et al. (2008) Cocreating Understanding and Value in Distributed Work: How members of onsite and offshore vendor teams Give, make, demand, and break sense. MIS Quarterly, 32/2, pp. 227-255
Article analysis
Thumbnail story of the case (not the theory or discussion or literature): the situation is... yes and...
Highlight the one key quote (in your opinion) - and a backup key quote (or more).
Prompts for discussion:
What is surprising about the case?
"I was puzzled by..."
What did I learn?
Why bother doing distributed virtual development?
Similarities between the research article and the mini-case...
The deeply radical conclusion of this article is...
A comment on gender breakdown of interviewees/respondents.
Content versus context
Impact of hierarchical and status barriers