MNG81001 Management Communication: Virtual Team Management Practices

This report provides recommendations for effective virtual team management, focusing on three key practices: establishing ground rules, ensuring effective information exchange, and implementing a consistent meeting schedule. For establishing ground rules, the report suggests that team leaders and managers should collaboratively establish rules and ensure that all members abide by them. For effective information exchange, the report recommends using advanced technologies for virtual communication and providing training to employees to facilitate proper communication. For a consistent meeting schedule, the report advises ensuring that all employees are available during meetings and informing them well in advance. The report references academic articles to support these recommendations, emphasizing the importance of these practices for successful virtual team performance.

Virtual Team
Management

3 practices for effective Virtual Teams
Establishing Ground rules
Effective information exchange (Hoch
and Kozlowski 2014)
Implementing a Consistent Meeting
Schedule

Recommendation for establishing ground
rule
Establishment of rule by Team leaders as well
as managers
Ensuring that each an every members are
abiding by the rule (Baruch and Lin 2012)

Recommendation for effective information
exchange
Advanced technologies for virtual
communication should be used (Baruch and
Lin, 2012).
Providing training to employees so that they
can properly communicate with each other.

Recommendation for consistent meeting
schedule
Ensuring that all the employees are available
when the meeting is conducted
Each and every employee should be informed
prior to the meeting (Hoch and Kozlowski,
2014)

Reference List
Baruch, Y. and Lin, C.P., 2012. All for one, one
for all: Coopetition and virtual team
performance. Technological Forecasting and
Social Change, 79(6), pp.1155-1168.
Hoch, J.E. and Kozlowski, S.W., 2014. Leading
virtual teams: Hierarchical leadership,
structural supports, and shared team
leadership. Journal of applied
psychology, 99(3), p.390.

Bibliography
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leadership, structural supports, and shared team leadership. Journal of
applied psychology, 99(3), p.390.
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