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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
BEVERLY, Mass. -- For the second consecutive year, InfoWorld, one of the technology industry's most widely read publications, has selected Groove Virtual Office as its team collaboration "Technology of the Year." InfoWorld's Test Center analysts and editors chose Groove Virtual Office from among all team collaboration software solutions reviewed in...
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.
AKRON, Ohio -- Virtual Hold TechnologyR LLC VHT, the leading provider of virtual queuing solutions, announced that Wanda Munger has joined the team as Executive Vice President of Channel Sales and Support. In this role, Ms. Munger will be responsible for managing VHT's global partnership with Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc.,...
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...
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...
More and more businesses rely on team members who are spread out across the country, if not the globe. How can such a team stay connected, communicate effectively, and operate efficiently? With a virtual office, of course. Read/WriteWeb explains how to build one that includes various essential components: forums, wikis, chat rooms,...
SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--July 18, 1995--Virtual i-O today announced that CompUSA, the country's largest computer retail chain, will sell the company's Virtual i-glasses at all of its 85 stores nationwide. CompUSA is the first national retailer to carry Virtual i-glasses.
SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--July 18, 1995--Virtual i-O today announced that CompUSA, the country's largest computer retail chain, will sell the company's Virtual i-glasses at all of its 85 stores nationwide. CompUSA is the first national retailer to carry Virtual i-glasses.
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...
Article provides the description of five essential skills that will help one to lead any project, no matter how distant. Efficient participation in today's economy demands high reliance on effective leadership of technical and support teams whose members are scattered across many geographic boundaries. There are unique and distinctive requirements...
ISLANDIA, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 21, 1995--Move over virtual memory, virtual storage and virtual reality. Boldly going where no software company has gone, Computer Associates today announced the launch of Virtual Enterprise.
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