<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A virtual organization is a community of people who interact together socially on a technical platform. These kinds of communities are built on a common interest, a common problem or a common task of its members that is pursued on the basis of implicit and explicit codes of behavior. The six dimensions that are normally used to analyze virtual organizations are the use of technologies, sense of belonging, success factors, level of trust from members, virtual community management, and contents of the virtual community. The virtual organizations defined in the literature are not defined separately for non-profit research virtual organization. Here we present analysis of non-profit research virtual organization, European Working Group on Operational Research for Development (EGW ORD). This paper provides a summary of achievements and challenges faced in building a virtual organization. This kind of analysis plays a vital role in establishing new non-profit virtual organizations to serve the research community in their field of interest. It is also helpful to the group in broadening its presence and involving more researchers, practitioners and students in the field of operational research.</p></abstract>

A virtual organization is a community of people who interact together socially on a technical platform. These kinds of communities are built on a common interest, a common problem or a common task of its members that is pursued on the basis of implicit and explicit codes of behavior. The six dimensions that are normally used to analyze virtual organizations are the use of technologies, sense of belonging, success factors, level of trust from members, virtual community management, and contents of the virtual community. The virtual organizations defined in the literature are not defined separately for non-profit research virtual organization. Here we present analysis of non-profit research virtual organization, European Working Group on Operational Research for Development (EGW ORD). This paper provides a summary of achievements and challenges faced in building a virtual organization. This kind of analysis plays a vital role in establishing new non-profit virtual organizations to serve the research community in their field of interest. It is also helpful to the group in broadening its presence and involving more researchers, practitioners and students in the field of operational research.

Contribution to the collaborative work in virtual organization - a case study

Universidad de Valparaíso, Brigadier de la Cruz 1050, Santiago, Chile

Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, 02215 Boston, MA, USA

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA,

Yeditepe University, Industrial and Systems Engineering, 26 Ağustos Yerleşimi Kayışdağı Cad., 34755 Kayışdağı, Istanbul, Turkey

Institute of Applied Mathematics (UME), Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), 06531 Ankara, Turkey

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A virtual organization is a community of people who interact together socially on a technical platform. These kinds of communities are built on a common...

Contribution to the collaborative work in virtual organization - a case study

Published Online: Oct 31, 2012

Page range: 228 - 235

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10051-012-0023-3

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