Virtual Teams? Reference used will be: DuFrene, D. D., & Lehman, C. M. (2016). Managing virtual teams. Business Expert Press. Although virtual teams can become an integral part of an organization, the lack of evidence-based practice has led to t Continue Reading...
Virtual Team Coordination Communication is more difficult for a virtual team because relationships are more geographical distributed, more asynchronous, temporary, more multicultural, and more likely to extend outside the organization (Kokko, Mar 20 Continue Reading...
The U.S., Army Logistics Network has defined specific pricing and costing levels by rank, and strives to push accountability and responsibility as far down the chain of command as possible. As nearly every officer who acts as a buyer within the purc Continue Reading...
collaboration technology can assist virtual teams in today's business world. As Andriessen (2012) shows, there are positive and negative effects to using collaboration technology -- what needs to be better described is how these effects are produced Continue Reading...
Team Leadership Virtual Communication and Team Leadership In "So far, so good: Even physical distance can't stop your employees from going above and beyond" author Robert McGarvey considers the growing popularity of virtual teams and considers the Continue Reading...
Virtual Teams in Organization Research Questions The fundamental research question is to examine the deliberations, advantages, and disadvantages of virtual teams in organizations. Deliberations in this regard take into account a question on the mann Continue Reading...
4 Virtual Teams Introduction With the arrival of the Digital Age, the possibility of teams collaborating over great distances as virtual teams has emerged. Through the use of technological means, team members collaborate and communicate via digital Continue Reading...
The team must develop a system for sharing information so that nothing relevant to solving the problem is lost" (p. 360). This level of collaboration can be challenging even with traditional teams, though, but Roebuck et al. emphasize that what may Continue Reading...
Lipnack & Stamps (1999) conducted a study in which they examined the emergence of virtual teams as a new modality for working. The study was carried out on the premise that the emergence of the Information Age has contributed to the advent of a w Continue Reading...
“No man is an island.” “There is no I in team.” Organizations have long been aware of the fact that the synergies generated by a team can result in great things being accomplished, greater than the individuals could hope to em Continue Reading...
Emotional Intelligence and Virtual Teams There are many articles discussing emotional intelligence in teams, and a couple that are specific to virtual teams. Key to understanding the role that emotional intelligence plays on virtual teams is knowing Continue Reading...
Emotional intelligence and high Virtual team performance Background The contemporary business environment is competitive just as much as I is creative in nature. The globalization and its influences have pushed the business environment to greater hei Continue Reading...
If a leader is accountable, honest and transparent, these values often get reflected throughout the teams they manage. Conversely if leaders of virtual teams are not as clear, fail to inform team members of critical dates and opportunities for commu Continue Reading...
It is important to ensure that the team for any specific task comprises members who are knowledgeable and posses the required skills needed to carry out the task. Teams should also try to work across organizational boundaries/levels and break down Continue Reading...
International Management: Managing Global Virtual Teams The global fiber optic network and the internet have played a key role in the development of long-distance communication, which has facilitated work interactions among people from all over the Continue Reading...
team have to address the challenges and leverage the opportunities associated with operating as this particular type of virtual team Multinational virtual teams allow organizations to benefit from the cultural knowledge conveyed to the base organiz Continue Reading...
Virtual teams that gain the highest levels of performance first get their many processes in place first, and then move through the iterative stages of defining their information, collaboration and shared process ownership needs first, and then layer Continue Reading...
Team Processes Organizational success depends on an understanding of decision-making, creativity, teamwork, and organizational structure. Chapters 7, 8, and 13 in the text address these concepts fully. These concepts also fill the pages of Websites Continue Reading...
Virtual Workplace Communication Cons or Disadvantages of Using DIVA in Amazon.com Amazon.com has one of the most diverse business models of any e-commerce retailer today, including their fastest growing business unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS) whic Continue Reading...
Virtual Reality Virtually reality is a broad term that is used in regards to a computer simulated environment that can simulate a real world experience or an imaginary world that can be rather creative. Most of these computer simulations are primari Continue Reading...
Virtual and Face-to-Face Communication With the advent of the internet and other related technologies, many organizations have embarked to the formation of virtual teams to complement the traditional face-to-face groups .these teams comprise of geog Continue Reading...
Virtual Collaboration Techniques The differences between virtual organizations and the traditional brick and mortar ones The Antecedents for a successful virtual collaboration The advantages of virtual collaboration Disadvantages of virtual colla Continue Reading...
Virtual project teams have become increasingly important, and they deliver many benefits to organization. However, there are difficulties associated with virtual project teams that managers need to be aware of. These revolve around communication issu Continue Reading...
There are several characteristic that are evident with the software system use in virtual collaboration technology. The first characteristic is that most of these tools are web based and are downloadable; they also have the ability to offer a text c Continue Reading...
Identifying Best Practices for Supporting Virtual Teams About half of all multinational corporations already use virtual teams in some capacity, and current trends indicate that they will become increasingly commonplace in the future (Minton-Eversole Continue Reading...
Teams Development teams are usually the main building blocks of the strategy of any successful organization. The focus of the organization may be on service, cost, speed, performance, efficiency and value among other goals (Moller & Tollestrup, Continue Reading...
Globalization and Management All people are global citizens now. But what does this mean? What is this process of globalization that has quite literally swept over our globe? And what will be the effects of globalization during our lifetime on the w Continue Reading...
Team Decision Making -- Pitfalls and Solutions Anyone who has ever been a member of any type of team can likely readily testify concerning the difficulties involved in reaching a consensus on even minor and straightforward issues such as seating arr Continue Reading...
Teams: Discussion Several months ago, I was amongst those elected into a team set up to look into ways of enhancing interdepartmental cooperation. The team comprised of 7 individuals -- each representing a department. The key mandate of the team was Continue Reading...
Virtual Meetings Planning a face-to-face or Virtual Meeting Situation Suppose your firm will be holding a meeting of 7 people from all over the U.S.A. They will either set up a virtual meeting, where everyone stays home, or create a live event tha Continue Reading...
Leadership, Team Building & Communication Leadership theories continue to evolve as the complexity, nature and scope of organizations shift from command-and-control structures to more agile frameworks for managing change. The pace of disruptive Continue Reading...
Collaboration Software Evaluation and Analysis As virtual teams become pervasive in many enterprises globally, the need for stable, secure and scalable collaboration platforms becomes more and more important to organizations achieving complex strate Continue Reading...
Build an Effective Technology Support Team Preliminaries: Technology support has become a part of business especially the business that needs some customer support regarding their products. These range from consumer goods to service industries like Continue Reading...
Teams Don't Work Idea in Brief While conventional wisdom might dictate otherwise, teams aren't always the most effective means for accomplishing goals within your organization. How to Make the Most from your Team: Designate a Deviant: this is th Continue Reading...
One aspect of the ethics of electronic communications is that people feel an insular autonomy, not necessarily true but implied by the format and that often times people chose to communicate at many times of the day and night, sometimes regretting t Continue Reading...
Multicultural Management Analysis of the Field The topic of multicultural management has received significant attention for around three decades, when the first research on the benefits of diversity in the workforce started to emerge, at around the s Continue Reading...
Project Managers Oversee Virtual Project Teams in the Manufacturing Industry with Consideration for Effective Communication The researcher has taken this matter ' How Can Project Managers Oversee Virtual Project Teams in the Manufacturing Industry Continue Reading...
