Knowledge Integration in Software Teams

Contemporary organizations use teams to exploit
their knowledge resources. Software companies are a
case in the point. Software teams possess diverse
portfolios of know-how, skills, and abilities that
are integrated with knowledge inputs from external
sources to achieve the team''s objectives. But, there
are a host of issues that can affect how well the
team integrates its internal and external knowledge
resources. The search for these issues begins with
some pertinent questions, such as: Should the team be more diverse or homogeneous in
terms of its members'' knowledge, skills, and
abilities? Does the team need to perform boundary buffering
processes to manage the inflow and outflow of
information and knowledge? How does project uncertainty affect team s
knowledge integration? How does team s interdependence with other teams
affect its knowledge integration? Should the team focus on using various
collaborative and knowledge-sharing technologies for
knowledge integration?
This book tries to answer these questions. That
said, the book is not prescriptive in nature.
Though, it does end with speculative recommendations
for the readers.

Autorentext

Nikhil Mehta is an Assistant Professor in the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University, USA. His work is aimed at developing effective teams by improving their knowledge dynamics, such as knowledge integration and knowledge creation. Nikhil received his Ph.D. from Auburn University, USA. You can reach him at mehtan2@gmail.com.

Klappentext

Contemporary organizations use teams to exploit their knowledge resources. Software companies are a case in the point. Software teams possess diverse portfolios of know-how, skills, and abilities that are integrated with knowledge inputs from external sources to achieve the team's objectives. But, there are a host of issues that can affect how well the team integrates its internal and external knowledge resources. The search for these issues begins with some pertinent questions, such as:. Should the team be more diverse or homogeneous in terms of its members' knowledge, skills, and abilities?. Does the team need to perform boundary buffering processes to manage the inflow and outflow of information and knowledge?. How does project uncertainty affect team's knowledge integration?. How does team's interdependence with other teams affect its knowledge integration?. Should the team focus on using various collaborative and knowledge-sharing technologies for knowledge integration?This book tries to answer these questions. That said, the book is not prescriptive in nature. Though, it does end with speculative recommendations for the readers.