I'm Working While They're Sleeping: Time Zone Separation Challenges and Solutions
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (910 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0983992509 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 186 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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ERRAN CARMEL is an Associate Professor at the Kogod School of Business at American University in Washington DC.
. About the Author ERRAN CARMEL is an Associate Professor at the Kogod School of Business at American University in Washington DC
Distance is dead. Alberto Espinosa distill more than a decade of research to address time zone challenges in practical terms. • Understand how to think strategically--- not just tactically--about time zones.. • Recognize why scattertime may be the work mode of the future. Millions of knowledge workers coordinate daily with partners around the globe, yet nearly all overlook the myriad ways that time zones affect their productivity. • Learn how both Follow-the-Sun and Round-the-Clock leverage time zones, but in very different ways. In I'm Working While They're Sleeping veteran American University researchers Erran Carmel and J. The authors offer case studies, stories from global corporations, and recommendations you can immediately put to use. • Discover why timeshifting is the key solution for time zone-challenged teams. Time zones are not
Required Reading for Anyone Considering or on a Geographically Distributed Team Johanna Rothman "I'm Working While They're Sleeping: Time Zone Separation Challenges and Solutions" is a gem of a book for anyone trying to work in a geographically distributed team. Carmel and Espinosa first start with an introduction to time zones, and explain why I am so confused when I travel. Everyone moves to daylight savings time at different times. Everyone has different holidays. Everyone has different work-weeks. Everyone has different holida. Distance is dead, but time zones are not! Emmy B. Gengler I do not 100% agree that the issue of distance no longer exists; however I agree time zones are here to stay! According to the authors of, "I'm working while they're sleeping", we do not have a problem communicating across distances because there are so many tools available to ease this process, however, issue of differences in time is still there and will remain. Even some of the evidence the authors present in the book, on team disper. Timothy Bock said Some good practical tips. I am just in the process of setting up offices in a couple of foreign companies and this has lots of tips to help me do it well.