Improving Collaborative Learning and Global Project Management in Small and Medium Enterprise

dc.creator	Stefanie Quade
dc.date	2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:27:13Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:27:13Z
dc.identifier	10.3991/ijac.v4i4.1726
dc.identifier	1867-5565
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/85c85deee467409390cc2d5fc9566691
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30439
dc.description	Globalization needs Collaboration. In a multi-national setting traditional issues of collaboration are exacerbated because of language and culture. This problem is particularly felt by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) , which are traditionally not “natural born globals”. For example in Germany, which is dominated by SMEs, experience skill shortages as a result of demographic changes and a declining amount of students in engineering and informatics disciplines are becoming a major challenge. To investigate this situation, develop, and implement solutions, the research project “InterComp SME 2.0” was created. We present models and knowledge management methods to improve the training lifecycle of multi-national SMEs using interactive virtual 3-dimensional worlds such as Second Life. We focus on the case of an already globalized, medium-sized German publishing software firm. Existing training offers are modeled using business process management methods and modularised to improve execution and learning in an intercultural setting. Additional support for our approach is provided by our recent teaching experiences in a practice supervision course at the Berlin School of Economics and Law.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	kassel university press GmbH
dc.relation	http://online-journals.org/i-jac/article/view/1726
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1867-5565
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC), Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 32-38 (2011)
dc.subject	multi-national
dc.subject	collaboration
dc.subject	project
dc.subject	management
dc.subject	life
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Improving Collaborative Learning and Global Project Management in Small and Medium Enterprise
dc.type	article