Challenges and Strategies for Effective Virtual Teams

International
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
With the increase in global expansion of companies and spreading of its operations in
different geographical and different time zones, there is a requirement of forming virtual teams
so that the work can be done and the objectives of forming a team can be achieved. Virtual teams
also help in involving the employees of branches of company which are dispersed in different
regions around the globe (Alsharo, Gregg and Ramirez, 2017). These teams are temporarily
formed so that a short-term problem can be solved by establishing communication among team
members by internet and other software technologies.
MAIN BODY
A virtual team refers to a group of people who work together irrespective of the
differences in their location and time zones by the way of electronic media of communication.
These teams help in achieving common and shared goals by participating in the projects and
collaborating their efforts to achieve project objectives. In order to establish successful
communication among the virtual team members internet, Skype, e-mails, video-conferencing
etc. are used so that all the members of team can be brought in touch of each other and
information can be shared efficiently in real time (Derven, 2016). With the increase in
globalisation companies have spread their branches in different geographical regions which
makes the formation of virtual teams a necessity so that common organisational goals can be
communicated to all the members who are associated with the company. This help in achieving
the company objectives and collaborating the efforts of all the employees towards achieving
organisational objectives. This saves the time and cost of company in arranging formal meetings
which also utilise a lot of time of company. Virtual teams help in instant delivery of information
which are important to make instant decisions by exchanging information so that short-term
goals of company can be achieved. This also allow the companies in creating a flexible working
environment for employees so that they can complete their work as per their convenience so that
the productivity of workers can be increased through flexibility in the working as and when they
want. Through the help of virtual teams greater availability of talent on teams can be made so
that the problems in company can be efficiently solved by formation of teams without worrying
about the difference in geography or time zones of employees.