BIOTEAMS: LEARNING FROM NATURE TO IMPROVE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN PROJECTS
octubre 22, 2011 | Categoría: English | Tags: Gerencia, Proyectos, Temas de Punta | Por: Fabio PadillaThe paper I wrote for graduation from the MBA program, Universidade Católica de Brasilia – Universa. 2009.
Swarm theory
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present the specific case of Bioteaming, a discipline developed in the United Kingdom and based on social animals behavior, that means, those organized on societies that operate in swarms, herds or groups. When studying this topic, new ideas and solutions are introduced and explained, applied to one of the main projects management areas, which is the human resources management, with a structure, teamwork and leadership scheme that may represent the success factor in a given project.
Taking this discipline as the basis, the research exposed on this paper intends to answer the following question: May projects management be benefited from application of new theories and tools of software and communications based on animal behavior?
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BIOTEAMS in Projects Management
Keywords: Biomimicry, Bioteams, Management, Organizational change, work teams, Virtual enterprise networks
