Virtual Teams

Globalization and technology have given a rapid change to our world. Virtual teams is a concept that has grown in the recent years. Companies, meetings, tasks are now easily done virtually thanks to the great technological development we have today.

Although things can be runed virtually this also brings along some challenges, such as the lack of face to face communication, lack of immediate managerial oversight, conflict resolution strategy, amongst many others.

Virtual meetings have to be very organized since and well scheduled, as a regular meeting, these ones lack rapid response and face to face contact which makes things a lot more difficult.

The truth of the matter is that globalization has made thing more accesible, rapid, and easier for us. This is something we have to take advantage of in order to better the way we run things, we have access to more information and easier ways to communicate with each other. Eventhough this virtual way of living and making business may seem as practical, its also sad to know that people are turning away from face to face interaction just as it used to be a couple of decades ago.

References:
1. Egaland Brand, The Complexity of Virtual Teams.  http://pmtips.net/complexity-virtual-teams/. June 30, 2010.
2. Chistiakoff, Alora. Re-Working work for virtual teams. Managing your business. http://www.workingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/distributed-workforce.jpg. January 29, 2010.

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