Interesting book about virtual teams in enterprises.

The reference is:

Jessica Lipnack, Jeffrey Stamps:
People Working Across Boundaries with Technology
John Wiley & Sons.ISBN: 0471388254

It mainly deals with people issues, not technology, but can be very helpful in understanding how work groups in businesses work, and need to work to be successful. The authors' long-term background is management consulting, and that's the viewpoint from which the book has been written.

The book (maybe unwittingly?) focuses mostly on chartered teams, i.e. teams with a clear goal and management sponsorship, and occasionally even seems to imply that other types of work groups are not desirable for businesses. From a management consulting perspective, they might be ;-) However, businesses today very often depend on their informal, bottom-up work groups and communities, not just on chartered teams. But as I said, the book is quite useful in spite of some shortcomings. The authors have written several other books on the subject over the years.