Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory
The term 24-Hour Knowledge Factory connotes a globally distributed work environment in which members of the global team work on a project around the clock; each member of the team works the normal workday hours that pertain to his or her time zone. At the end of such a workday, a fellow team member...
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| author | Gupta, Amar Seshasai, Satwik |
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| description | The term 24-Hour Knowledge Factory connotes a globally distributed work environment in which members of the global team work on a project around the clock; each member of the team works the normal workday hours that pertain to his or her time zone. At the end of such a workday, a fellow team member located in a different time zone continues the same task. This creates the shift-style workforce that was originally conceived in the manufacturing sector. A globally distributed 24-hour call center is the simplest manifestation of this paradigm. The true example of the 24-hour factory paradigm discussed in this paper involves groups working together to accomplish a given set of deliverables, such as a software project, and transcending conventional spatial and temporal boundaries. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/50572019-04-10T21:56:29Z Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory Gupta, Amar Seshasai, Satwik The term 24-Hour Knowledge Factory connotes a globally distributed work environment in which members of the global team work on a project around the clock; each member of the team works the normal workday hours that pertain to his or her time zone. At the end of such a workday, a fellow team member located in a different time zone continues the same task. This creates the shift-style workforce that was originally conceived in the manufacturing sector. A globally distributed 24-hour call center is the simplest manifestation of this paradigm. The true example of the 24-hour factory paradigm discussed in this paper involves groups working together to accomplish a given set of deliverables, such as a software project, and transcending conventional spatial and temporal boundaries. 2004-03-12T20:54:30Z 2004-03-12T20:54:30Z 2004-03-12T20:54:30Z Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5057 en_US MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper;4455-03 359947 bytes application/pdf application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Gupta, Amar Seshasai, Satwik Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory |
| title | Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory |
| title_full | Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory |
| title_fullStr | Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory |
| title_short | Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory |
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