BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Virtual Team
- a group of employees using information and communications technologies to collaborate from different work bases. Members of a virtual team may work in different parts of the same building or may be scattered across a country or around the world. The team can be connected by technology such as groupware, e-mail, an intranet, or videoconferencing and can be said to inhabit a virtual office. Although virtual teams can work efficiently, occasional face-to-face meetings can be important to avoid feelings of isolation and to enable team building.
Additional Resources
- Managing a Virtual Team
- In today's globally connected world, you may never physically meet important members of your work or project team. While electronic communication can't replicate the chemistry of teams working together in the same place, by making good use of technology and thoughtful communication practices, you can still interact effectively with team...
- Articles 2007-04-20
- Virtually Yours, /s/ Your Virtual Team
- A virtual team is comprised of team members who share responsibility for turning out defined work and for achieving defined objectives, and who perform from a flexible mix of stationary, mobile, and/or remote work environments. A cross-functional virtual team is the same, except that members are drawn from a spectrum...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Leadership Styles in Virtual Team Context: Limitations, Solutions and Propositions
- This paper analyzes previous empirical investigations on leadership style in virtual team context. Inconsistencies were found in the prior studies: oversimplified comparison of transformational and transactional leadership and treating the two leadership styles as polar constructs. To overcome these drawbacks, approaching transformational and transactional behavior combinations at behavior component level...
- White papers 2004-12-08
- Virtual Team Building: The Team Operating Agreement
- Globalization has changed the nature of how businesses function. What is has not changed are the requirements for success. A dedicated team of skilled employees guided by expert managers is crucial to any corporation. Communication is paramount, more so today than ever before. Pulling together a seamless business team on-site...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Managing a Virtual Team
- Managing a Virtual TeamBuilding Winning TeamsFor building good winning teams the following terms are pre-requisite:* Good Communication.* Good Understanding.* Good Relationship among partners.* Team-Spirit.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- Motivating Team Members
- Organizational success has always depended on delivering results through teamwork. However, with the increasing prevalence of flat, networked, and matrix structures, effective teamwork is becoming even more criticalIn these types of organizational structures, individuals come together—forming teams—for the duration of a project or for the amount of time it takes...
- Articles 2007-10-24
- Leading a Team of Change Agents in a Global Corporation: Leadership Challenges in a Virtual World
- Through advanced communication technologies, global teams are developing the ability to ôwork together apartö, completing assigned projects while rarely, if ever, meeting face-to-face. Yet, while a growing number of organizations are increasingly using virtual teams for a variety of different purposes and functions, there are lingering questions about the effectiveness...
- White papers 2004-06-16
- Working Together from a Distance: Best Practices for High-Performance Virtual Teams
- How do you empower geographically dispersed teams to work well together and equip leaders for success in an increasingly virtual workplace? Organizations that have successfully implemented an online workplace will tell you that communicating clearly is the key to remaining competitive. Listen to this TechRepublic Webcast as...
- Webcasts 2008-02-14
- The Multi-Faceted Nature of Virtual Teams
- Advances in information technology, coupled with competitive pressures, have led to the increasing use of virtual teams in organizations. Their growing popularity has attracted the attention of researchers in both information systems and organizational behaviour. In the view, a preliminary but necessary step is to investigate the multifaceted nature of...
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Successful Motivational Techniques for Virtual Teams
- Sophistication of the virtual team is measured in terms of how well the team responds to the client's expectations in the areas of scope, quality, cost, and schedule. However, the success of the team in achieving these project results depends on how well the team members relate to one another...
- White papers 2006-11-08
- Developing An Effective Team
- In a virtual team the heatmap is then compared with the capabilities needed to do the job to identify issues and missing skills/players. In a virtual network or virtual professional community the heatmap is used to identify best sales areas for quick wins, where additional members are required, alliances and...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Some 'Real' Problems Of 'Virtual' Organisation
- The notion of the 'Virtual' bids fair to become one of the most over-used concepts of the decade as its use spreads as quickly as the growth of the Internet which is, in large part, the occasion for the growing popularity of the term. It is also a concept which...
- White papers 2003-11-29
- Virtual Team Interactions in Networked Multimedia Games
- This paper describes the findings of the ethnographical research concentrating on multiplayer games. The research methods used are qualitative. The preliminary analysis indicates that, according to the players, the support for team interaction in action games is adequate. However, the players tend to communicate outside the game system. The aim...
- White papers 2002-01-23
- Project Management Goes Live With Virtual Team Collaboration
- Web collaboration technologies enable project management teams to meet virtually with full audio-visual interaction, irrespective of their multiple locations. These solutions work by allowing one team member to securely share their desktop and its content in ad-hoc or scheduled meetings with their colleagues, and allow anyone to access and contribute...
- White papers 2008-02-23
- Leading Teams Across Continents
- Until relatively recently, teams had regular face-to-face contact. Now, with globalization and advances in communication technology, it is both possible and efficient to form dispersed international teams whose members can take advantage of their respective localities, time zones, and economic circumstances.Being a member of a dispersed team is a very...
- Articles 2007-10-05
- How to Manage Employees in Remote Locations
- In order to get the best out of your far-flung employees, you need to establish a clear communication routine, take extra steps to build trust, and review processes often to make sure they're working for everyone. Build a Strong Team, Starting with You ...
- Articles 2007-09-24
- How to Manage Employees in Remote Locations
- How to Manage Employees in Remote LocationsSpending time with remote workers is vitalYour comments really ring true with me. As the manager of a virtual PR firm, the "face" time with each of my people is very important and, as it turns out, very valuable. Thanks for reinforcing...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-28
- Connection In Creative Virtual Teams
- This paper describes a qualitative study investigating the work environment necessary for virtual teams to be creative. Nine virtual teams, with a total of 36 team members participated. Grounded theorizing was used to analyze the data and generate meaning. Connection, defined as the elements that need to be in place...
- White papers 2001-04-01
- Making the Most of Virtual Meetings
- Virtual meetings are becoming increasingly popular as businesses go global. They can be held using a variety of technologies, and allow people who might never have the chance to meet in person to come together to share their views and concerns, make plans, and arrive at important decisions. They save...
- Articles 2007-10-03
- Conducting a 360-degree Appraisal
- A 360-degree appraisal surveys and collects the views of all the appraised employee's colleagues, including the manager, peers, direct reports, and, on occasion, clients. Additionally, the employee will generally rate himself, so that his views of how he impacts his colleagues can be added to the mix.There is no absolute...
- Articles 2007-09-28
