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How do good managers manage and coordinate? As technologies evolve the answer has also been evolving—from MBWA (Management By Wandering Around), to MBFA (Management By Flying Around), and now to MBTA (Management By Timeshifting Around). The purpose of this chapter is to surface and introduce this de-facto managerial approach.

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  1. American University, Washington, DC, USA

    Erran Carmel

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  1. School of Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Ronneby, 372 25, Sweden

    Darja Šmite

  2. Dept. Information & Communication, Technology (ICT), SINTEF, Trondheim, 7465, Norway

    Nils Brede Moe

  3. Dept. Information Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 20, Sweden

    Pär J. Ågerfalk

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Carmel, E. (2010). MBTA: Management By Timeshifting Around. In: Šmite, D., Moe, N., Ågerfalk, P. (eds) Agility Across Time and Space. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12442-6_11

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