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Educating future product developers in virtual collaboration : five years of the E-GPR course

Žavbi, Roman ; Tavcar, Joze LU and Verlinden, Jouke (2008) p.101-128
Abstract
ntegrated product development is a set of complex activities and its level of difficulty is additionally increased by the ever-changing business environment, primarily by functional associating of geographically dispersed human resources. The key resources for development are product developers, but it is questionable whether the existing systems are appropriate for the education of such professionals. The chapter describes the European Global Product Realization (E-GPR) course program and reflections from the perspective of participating students and company representatives. To investigate the longterm effects of the course, a survey was conducted on all present and former students, and company representatives. Students, lecturers,... (More)
ntegrated product development is a set of complex activities and its level of difficulty is additionally increased by the ever-changing business environment, primarily by functional associating of geographically dispersed human resources. The key resources for development are product developers, but it is questionable whether the existing systems are appropriate for the education of such professionals. The chapter describes the European Global Product Realization (E-GPR) course program and reflections from the perspective of participating students and company representatives. To investigate the longterm effects of the course, a survey was conducted on all present and former students, and company representatives. Students, lecturers, instructors, and company representatives all have high praise for the course, believing the acquired knowledge and experience to be invaluable for future members of product development teams. (Less)
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keywords
virtual teams, product development, virtual collaboration
host publication
Virtual Technologies : concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications - concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications
editor
Kisielnicki, Jerzy
pages
27 pages
publisher
IGI Global
ISBN
978-1-59904-955-7
9781599049564
DOI
10.4018/978-1-59904-955-7.ch008
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English
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no
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c67301d4-1862-45bd-80be-dd06f392aa69
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2021-01-19 20:18:02
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  author       = {{Žavbi, Roman and Tavcar, Joze and Verlinden, Jouke}},
  booktitle    = {{Virtual Technologies : concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications}},
  editor       = {{Kisielnicki, Jerzy}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-59904-955-7}},
  keywords     = {{virtual teams; product development; virtual collaboration}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{101--128}},
  publisher    = {{IGI Global}},
  title        = {{Educating future product developers in virtual collaboration : five years of the E-GPR course}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-955-7.ch008}},
  doi          = {{10.4018/978-1-59904-955-7.ch008}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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