Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

4-2015

Publisher

Wiley

Source Publication

Decision Sciences

Source ISSN

0011-7315

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.

Comments

Accepted version. Decision Sciences, Vol 13, No. 2 (April 2015): 121-149. DOI. © 2015 Wiley. Used with permission.

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