I’ve decided to start a project writing about on-line collaborative work groups. The best label for this I can think of at the moment is Virtual Work Groups. I’ve put together an outline that structures what I want to write about, and I will use this blog to explore some specific topics around this theme.

Here’s an Abstract:

Social Networks and Virtual Communities provide the foundations of Virtual Working Groups: on-line networks of people working in remote locations, collaborating on projects. These groups provide the support traditionally provided by physical corporate offices, structuring work in a social context based on interpersonal relationships and common goals among interdisciplinary groups.

The pragmatics of the modern virtual working group in its efforts to produce valuable products and work output in a traditional sense, such as products and services. The goal of this effort is to define pragmatics for an effective and productive on-line collaboration with concrete, measurable output.

Stay tuned.