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Team vs. Virtual Team

Submitted by Editor on September 2, 2009 – 9:39 amNo Comment

The classical characteristics of a team are in the same time the ideal requirements:

    Task related:

    • Challenging and complex tasks
    • Tasks that create interdependence

    Structural:

    • Stability of the team
    • Size – small is beautiful
    • Expertise that fits the needs
    • Physical proximity
    • Rules and procedures
    • Diversity

    External support related:

    • Training (technical, social skills, business understanding, etc)
    • Team-based rewards

      A virtual team (Geographically Dispersed Team – GDT) – is a group of individuals who work from different spaces and on different time schedules linked by communication technology.

      Virtual teamAdvantages of a virtual team:

      • The global workday is 24 vs. 8 hours – a global team has no time constraints
      • Access to talent everywhere – your best employee might be on a different continent
      • A flexible organization is more competitive and responsive to the marketplace
      • A “high trust” culture based on teamwork and collaboration

      Risks of a virtual team

      • Miscommunication
      • Members must be more adaptive and face changes in assignments and tasks during the life-cycle of a project
      • A virtual team must have the ability to change membership often without losing productivity
      • If norms and role expectations are not expressed explicitly to new members, they will not adapt

      Types of virtual teams

      • Network team – a group of individual that work in a collaborative manner for a common goal with no fixed membership
      • Parallel Team – a team formed only for providing recommendations on a modification of a process or system
      • Product-Development Team – project based
      • Production Teams
      • Service/Action Team – support role for customers or response in emergency situations
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