Virtual-finance

This book presents a new approach to managing people from distance. It also gives clear examples and cases. This book is a must for managers who control their team from distance, either nationwide or global-wide.

Kimball Fisher and Mareen Duncan Fisher document the special skills needed for the new but increasingly common task of managing far-flung work groups. The approaches that they examine are becoming increasingly essential for all managers. Although they explore relevant technologies carefully, their human relations advice is probably more important. The Fishers emphasize the interpersonal and leadership skills that a manager needs to head a virtual team. If you read this book cover to cover, it can seem repetitive, since many of the rules and tips offered in one area overlap with those in other areas. However, the book is designed to allow you to review specific management challenges and technologies, and to ignore areas that are irrelevant to your situation. We [...] recommend this clear, practical work to anyone who leads virtual teams and to the telecommuters and freelance workers who report to them.

I have many of Martin's other books and I found this one is not worth reading. It has very flowery language, poor composition and lacks depth in the subject matter.

Martin does a disservice to the Internet and to his readers. Bottom line - avoid at all costs. Sorry.

This book is interesting from several different perspectives, however its primary aim is to help senior managers think about the impact of IT and the internet on their organizational culture. Yet, it is also fasinating for business historians and students to see how one of the top management thinkers of our time viewed the internet back in _1996_!

While the precise notions about the emerging internet seem well dated, the concepts and perspectives the author provides about the impact of IT and the internet on organizational culture are as fresh as ever. This is important reading for those students and practitioners in organizational behavior and improvement - and for managers and leaders with the same concern.

If you can rise about the charmingly and insightfully dated notions about the internet circa 1996, this remains an important book!

Provided an in-depth discussion of trends in the information technology industry and their impact on organizational culture. The book is a little dated. However, the topics are very insightful.