Organizations are implementing virtual teams using web technologies as a
cost-effective measure for training and project development. In Working at a
Distance, Cassandra Smith provides a detailed, comprehensible virtual team
business model for managers, professionals, teachers or students involved
globally with such initiatives. The author argues that guidance for members of
such teams is generally lacking. They are left to figure out their places on the
team and face a host of other issues, the impact of which can be ameliorated
with a virtual team business model that anyone working at a distance can follow.
Cassandra Smith has taught courses online and facilitated virtual teams. The
model she