Becoming Virtual Knowledge Management and Transformation of the Dist

This book examines the capabilities needed to transform a globally distributed organization into a virtual organization (an organization that exists and operates across time and distance with the support of global communications technologies such as the I

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Jane E. Klobas · Paul D. Jackson (Editors)

Becoming Virtual Knowledge Management and Transformation of the Distributed Organization

With 25 Figures and 20 Tables

Physica-Verlag A Springer Company

Professor Jane E. Klobas UWA Business School University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley, WA 6009 Australia [email protected] and Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research in Social Dynamics Università Bocconi Via Sarfatti 25 20136 Milano Italy [email protected] Dr. Paul D. Jackson School of Management Edith Cowan University 100 Joondalup Drive Joondalup, WA 6026 Australia [email protected]

Library of Congress Control Number: 2007934382

ISSN 1431-1941 ISBN 978-3-7908-1957-1 Physica-Verlag Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifica