Abstract
With global specialization of work units within organizations, interdisciplinary work practices comprised of collaborative efforts between technical and business teams are increasingly common in today's workplace. While higher education has responded by creating opportunities for remote teams to learn from collaborative work, occasions for interaction between remotely situated significantly diverse teams such as business and engineering are few. This study describes a pedagogical offering between U.S.-based business teams and U.K.-based engineering teams that delivers such an experience around mutually dependent, socially responsible projects. Results from student surveys and reflections confirm that the pedagogical design is able to generate perceived interdependence between these diverse teams. Student responses to surveys also suggest that the collaboration is effective in raising student confidence in interdisciplinary and remote team work among students. The study concludes with recommendations for transferability and actualization of interdisciplinary collaboration.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 121-149 |
Number of pages | 29 |
Journal | Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Sciences |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Apr 2015 |
Keywords
- virtual teams
- multidisciplinary pedagogy
- project management
- pedagogical collaboration
- product design
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Education
- Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)