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| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Teams Terri R. Kurtzberg, 2014-03-28 To advance in today's workplace requires virtual team skills. Most individuals assume their face-to-face skills will translate, but competency with virtual communication and teamwork requires an entirely new set of skills. This book guides readers down the path to success. Electronic communication is now embedded in our daily experience, as is work involving off-site collaborators. Virtual communication has become an essential job skill that is critical to individual and group success, yet most people just muddle through it without giving it any thought. Drawing on decades of scientific research in the fields of psychology, organizational behavior, and sociology, this book explains how to master the art and science of communicating virtually. The author first analyzes the subtle but significant changes that result when conversations are moved online, providing examples and tips to avoid common pitfalls, then discusses how team behavior and decision making can best be guided in this realm. Readers will fully understand what makes teams click—what inspires trust, how to get a team off on the right foot, and what steps to take in order to make good collaborative decisions—as well as other key topics for virtual teamwork, such as best practices for working in the cross-cultural environment. The book serves as an ideal guide for anyone who participates in or manages a virtual team but is also suitable as a supplemental textbook in a business school course on organizational behavior or business communication. |
| communication in virtual teams: Managing Virtual Teams Debbie D. DuFrene, 2011-11-23 Virtual teams are an integral part of today's global business environment. Traditional face-to-face communication is frequently being replaced with technology mediated communication methods including phone, email, fax, synchronous chat programs, and videoconferencing. While virtual teams offer various advantages to organizations and individuals in flexibility and the ability to overcome geographic distance, they face unique challenges. Virtual teams are often made up of members of various cultures with diverse communication styles. Men and women also tend to behave differently in virtual environments. Challenges occur in the forming, storming, norming, and performing phases of team development, and virtual teams must be able to cope effectively with those obstacles if they are to be successful and reach their potential. Team participants should be selected carefully for various personal characteristics that help assure success and trained in how to be effective virtual team members. Various team strategies can be implemented to improve effectiveness and satisfaction of virtual team members. |
| communication in virtual teams: Social Interactions in Virtual Worlds Kiran Lakkaraju, Gita Sukthankar, Rolf T. Wigand, 2018-07-05 This cross-disciplinary exploration of MMOs and other complex online worlds melds work from computer science, psychology and social science. |
| communication in virtual teams: Managing Virtual Teams, Second Edition Debbie D. DuFrene, Carol M. Lehman, 2015-10-29 Virtual teams are an integral part of today's global business environment. Traditional face-to-face communication is frequently replaced with technology-mediated communication methods including phone, e-mail, fax, synchronous chat programs, and videoconferencing. While virtual teams offer various advantages to organizations and individuals in flexibility and the ability to overcome geographic distance, they face unique challenges. Virtual teams often are made up of members of various cultures and ages with diverse communication styles. Men and women also tend to behave differently in virtual environments. Challenges occur in the forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning phases of team development, and virtual teams must be able to cope effectively with those obstacles if they are to be successful and reach their potential. Team participants should be selected carefully for various personal characteristics that help ensure success and be trained in how to be effective virtual team members. Various team strategies can be implemented to improve effectiveness and satisfaction of virtual team members. |
| communication in virtual teams: The Handbook of High Performance Virtual Teams Jill Nemiro, Michael M. Beyerlein, Lori Bradley, Susan Beyerlein, 2015-06-10 The Handbook of High-Performance Virtual Teams is an essential resource for leaders, virtual team members, and work group leaders. The editors provide a proved framework based on five principles for working collaboratively across boundaries of time, space, and culture. Written by experts in the field, the contributors offer practical suggestions and tools for virtual team who need to assess their current level of effectiveness and develop strategies for improvement. This important resource also contains an array of illustrative cases as well as practical tools for designing, implementing, and maintaining effective virtual work. |
| communication in virtual teams: Leading Virtual Teams (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series) Harvard Business Review, 2016-07-12 Manage your team from anywhere. Leading any team involves managing people, technical oversight, and project administration, but leaders of virtual teams perform these functions from afar. Leading Virtual Teams walks you through the basics of: Connecting your people to each other—and to the team’s mission Surmounting language, distance, and technology barriers Identifying and using the right communication channels Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether you need a crash course or a brief refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic. Advice you can quickly read and apply, for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives—from the most trusted source in business. |
| communication in virtual teams: Working at a Distance Ms Cassandra J Smith, 2014-05-28 Organizations are implementing virtual teams using web technologies as a cost-effective measure for training and project development. In Working at a Distance, Cassandra Smith provides a detailed, comprehensible virtual team business model for managers, professionals, teachers or students involved globally with such initiatives. |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Teams That Work Cristina B. Gibson, Susan G. Cohen, 2003-03-21 Virtual Teams That Work offers a much-needed, comprehensive guidebook for business leaders and managers who want to create the organizational conditions that will help virtual teams thrive. Each chapter in this important book focuses on best practices and includes case studies and illustrative examples from a wide variety of companies, including British Petroleum, Lucent Technologies, Ramtech, SoftCo, and Whirlpool Corporation. These real-life examples demonstrate how the principles identified in the book play out within virtual teams. Virtual Teams That Work shows how organizations can put in place the structure to help team members who speak different languages and have different cultural values develop effective ways of communicating when there is little opportunity for the members to meet face-to-face. The authors also reveal how organizations can implement performance management and reward systems that will motivate team members to cooperate across multiple boundaries. And they offer the information to determine which technologies best fit a variety of virtual-team tasks and the level of information technology support needed. |
| communication in virtual teams: Leading Effective Virtual Teams Nancy M. Settle-Murphy, 2012-12-13 A proliferation of new technologies has lulled many into thinking that we actually have to think less about how we communicate. In fact, communicating and collaborating across time, distance, and cultures has never been more complex or difficult. Written as a series of bulleted tips drawn from client experiences and best practices, Leading Effective Virtual Teams: Overcoming Time and Distance to Achieve Exceptional Results presents practical tips to help leaders engage and motivate their geographically dispersed project team members. If you’re a leader of any type of virtual team and want to help your team members collaborate more effectively, then buy this book. You will learn how to: Build trust and cultivate relationships, virtually, across your team Design and facilitate virtual meetings that are focused and engaging Influence without authority Motivate and galvanize a virtual team for top performance Blend asynchronous and synchronous communications for better virtual collaboration Navigate cross-cultural and generational differences in the absence of vital visual cues Assess skills, strengths, aptitudes, and preferences from afar Handle other tough issues that can trip up virtual teams The ideas in this book are based on Nancy Settle-Murphy’s decades of experience working as a change management consultant, facilitator, and trainer for project teams around the world. Designed to be read section by section in any order, this book shares approaches and techniques to help you address some of the toughest challenges virtual team leaders face, including keeping team members engaged from afar. |
| communication in virtual teams: Handbook of Research on Strategic Communication, Leadership, and Conflict Management in Modern Organizations Normore, Anthony, Javidi, Mitch, Long, Larry, 2019-03-08 As communication and leadership skills are both essential for personal and organizational success, new approaches and management styles are continuously being sought. Emerging technologies, automation opportunities, and a diverse workforce are just a few of the challenges business professionals must be prepared for in today’s workplace environment. The Handbook of Research on Strategic Communication, Leadership, and Conflict Management in Modern Organizations provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of managing and solving conflicts, and introduces updated approaches for refining communication and leadership skills. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as emotional intelligence, organizational crises, and virtual team management, this book is ideally designed for professionals, leaders, managers, and human resource specialists seeking current research on developing the skills and consciousness needed to effectively communicate, negotiate, and collaborate in diverse organizations. |
| communication in virtual teams: Communication and Cooperation in the Virtual Workplace Gaby Sadowski-Rasters, Geert Duysters, Bert Sadowski, 2006-01-01 This book explores the structure, growth and effectiveness of virtual communities in computer-mediated environments. In spite of initial enthusiasm, much uncertainty remains about the prospects of virtual teams and the technology that supports their collaboration. This book seeks to confront these issues and offers a unique insight into the realities of virtual working. An essential resource for academics working in the fields of management science and organizational learning, this study will also be of interest to managers, practitioners and the wider open source software community as a whole. |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Leadership Penny Pullan, 2016-08-03 The future of work is virtual, with dispersed teams, telecommuting, remote working and virtual meetings becoming the norm across sectors and industries around the world. However leading virtual teams requires a new set of skills and a facilitative leadership approach, Virtual Leadership is here to help. At its best, virtual working can be productive and creative, tapping into the best people wherever they are and bringing skills and experience together efficiently and at low cost. But it can also lead to isolated and disengaged workers, ineffective communication, and uncoordinated and even counter-productive activity. Virtual Leadership provides practical strategies, tools and solutions for the key issues involved in managing at a distance. How can I provide leadership, motivation and vision through virtual channels? How do I make virtual meetings effective, engaging and productive, and ensure actions are followed through? How do I create engaged and cohesive teams across distance, cultures and languages? How do I stop virtual team members silently checking out, distracted by local challenges and offline issues? With diverse case studies and examples, this is the essential guide to making a difference as a leader of virtual work. |
| communication in virtual teams: The Cambridge Handbook of Technology and Employee Behavior Richard N. Landers, 2019-02-14 Experts from across all industrial-organizational (IO) psychology describe how increasingly rapid technological change has affected the field. In each chapter, authors describe how this has altered the meaning of IO research within a particular subdomain and what steps must be taken to avoid IO research from becoming obsolete. This Handbook presents a forward-looking review of IO psychology's understanding of both workplace technology and how technology is used in IO research methods. Using interdisciplinary perspectives to further this understanding and serving as a focal text from which this research will grow, it tackles three main questions facing the field. First, how has technology affected IO psychological theory and practice to date? Second, given the current trends in both research and practice, could IO psychological theories be rendered obsolete? Third, what are the highest priorities for both research and practice to ensure IO psychology remains appropriately engaged with technology moving forward? |
| communication in virtual teams: Communication, Relationships and Practices in Virtual Work Long, Shawn, 2010-06-30 This book provides exploration of the opportunities, benefits and costs associated with virtual work, addressing several communicative, relational and practical issues associated with virtual work--Provided by publisher. |
| communication in virtual teams: Communication and Cooperation in Teams - virtual vs. face-to-face Michael Korff, 2007-01-17 Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Management (Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaft), course: Communication and Cooperation, language: English, abstract: The growing significance of computer and internet as a work and communication medium can observe increasing tendencies of decentralization, mobilization and mechanization of our work. That means the interest in virtual cooperation rises strongly in many enterprises. This kind of labour organization offers the possibility of concentrating the knowledge of different co-workers and/or external specialists also over long distances (over countries or even continental borders) in a team. However, the unification of specialist and expert knowledge is made possible by the use of suitable in-formation and communication technologies only. With these aids this knowledge is (apparently) callable without any larger temporal delay. That brings substantial cost advantages by a shortened achievement completion and decreased travel times and costs and makes a contribution in such a way through cost optimization to the receipt and for the increase of competitive ability. In order to be able to ensure efficient working in virtual teams at all a set of basic conditions must be considered. Substantial factors apart organization of work and used instruments are humans involved in that process, especially their communication and cooperation behaviour. This essay will briefly examine what kind of differences in communication and cooperation exist between a virtual and a conventional (face-to-face) team. [...] |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Teams Jessica Lipnack, Jeffrey Stamps, 1997-04-18 Teams are the key to smart, flexible, and cost-effective organizations for the 21st century. However, advances in communication technologies have dramatically changed the nature of teamwork. Traditional, collocated teams are now giving way to distributed cross-boundary virtual groups linked through relationships and technology, reaching across space, time, and organizational boundaries. In their fifth book, Virtual Teams, Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps, leading experts in networked organizations, take you beyond teams into the new world of work-at-a-distance, showing you how to effectively start, implement, and maintain virtual teams in your own organization. Today, virtual teams are an established feature of multisite and global companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Bank of Boston, and Steelcase. Made possible by technologies like the Internet, intranets, and groupware, these teams are invaluable tools for organizations that need to bring together specialized groups of people to work on projects or comprise a spread-out business unit. The principles outlined in Virtual Teams provide an antidote to the high failure rate of teams. At the same time, as the authors warn, It is harder for virtual teams to be successful than for traditional face-to-face teams. Misunderstandings are more likely to arise and more things are likely to go wrong. In this straightforward guide, Lipnack and Stamps provide a comprehensive framework that makes virtual teams accessible and practical. Beginning with a brief overview of exactly what virtual teams are and how they work, the authors show how they can be integrated into your business structure. Featuring insightful case studies from Eastman Chemical Company, NCR, Tetra Pak, and Sun Microsystems, this stimulating and hands-on reference offers essential information on: The basic virtual team principles: people, purpose, links The skills and technologies necessary for creating a successful virtual team Supporting the dynamics of the cross-boundary team and enhancing personal communications electronically Virtual team applications of the Internet's newest offspring, intranets Providing an in-depth look at an increasingly important teamwork tool, Virtual Teams gives you the materials you need to create and build a winning virtual team for your own organization. If you want to see where organizational communications are going in the future, heed what these pioneers have written today. —Howard Rheingold, Author of The Virtual Community and Founder of Electric Mind Lipnack and Stamps have written an important book for the 21st century corporation. —Regis McKenna, The McKenna Group, author of Relationship Marketing This book provides a long overdue perspective on how to apply the discipline of real teams in the fast moving, increasingly dispersed information age of the future. —Jon R. Katzenbach, Author, The Wisdom of Teams For those who want to lead the movement, catch up with it, or simply know where it is going, this book is packed with useful information and interesting stories. —Dee W. Hock, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, VISA Virtual Teams provides valuable insights into global teamwork and management through network technologies now available to all companies, large or small. —Jim Lynch, Director, Corporate Quality, Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
| communication in virtual teams: Mastering Virtual Teams Deborah L. Duarte, Nancy Tennant Snyder, 2011-02-02 This third edition of the best-selling resource Mastering Virtual Teams offers a toolkit for leaders and members of virtual teams. The revised and expanded edition includes a CD-ROM with useful resources that allow virtual teams to access and use the book's checklists, assessments, and other practical tools quickly and easily. Deborah L. Durate and Nancy Tennant Snyder include updated guidelines, strategies, and best practices for working effectively with virtual teams across time and distance to see a project through. The useful tools, exercises, and real-life examples show how anyone can master the unique dynamics of virtual team participation in an environment where the old rules no longer apply. |
| communication in virtual teams: Big Book of Virtual Teambuilding Games: Quick, Effective Activities to Build Communication, Trust and Collaboration from Anywhere! Mary Scannell, Michael Abrams, Mike Mulvihill, 2011-12-16 Get remote team members to interact as if they’re in the same room! Whether you’re videoconferencing with team members across the world or e-mailing a colleague sitting ten feet away, the truth is evident: technology has permanently altered the way we communicate. The virtual workplace can facilitate quicker decision making and reduced overhead. But the lack of face-to-face interaction can also impede trust, innovation, and creativity among team members. The Big Book of Virtual Team-Building Games is packed with games and activities for developing productive virtual teams across all digital platforms, including e-mail, mobile devices, web-based conferencing tools, and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Skype. The Big Book of Virtual Team-Building Games helps you: Build a greater sense of community and reduce conflict Increase levels of engagement Get the most out of more-introverted team members Boost team members’ productivity Make sure that the only thing separating your people is distance. The Big Book of Virtual Team-Building Games is just the tool you need to develop trusting relationships, foster clear communication, and use technology to enhance the team’s connections. |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Team Success Richard Lepsinger, Darleen DeRosa, 2010-09-09 In today’s complex organizations it is not uncommon to have as many as 50 percent of employees working on virtual teams. As the “virtual revolution” continues to spread, how can companies ensure that virtual team collaboration is producing the desired results? Highly practical and easy to navigate, Virtual Team Success leverages the authors’ robust global research study and hands-on experience to provide an immediately usable resource for virtual team members and team leaders. This groundbreaking book is a hands-on, practical toolkit filled with down-to-earth examples and insights that can enhance the virtual team experience for everyone involved. The authors’ research study is one of the most comprehensive applied studies ever conducted on virtual teams, and all of the recommendations outlined are based on these findings as well as the authors’ years of experience helping virtual teams and virtual team leaders effectively lead and collaborate from a distance. To help organizations and leaders enhance virtual team performance, the book includes: Why Virtual Teams Fail—outlines the four pitfalls that frequently derail virtual teams Profile of High Performing Teams—addresses the characteristics of the most effective virtual teams and what makes them successful Virtual Team Launch Kit—provides practical guidelines and tools for successfully launching virtual teams How to RAMP Up Your Team’s Effectiveness—introduces a practical research-based model of virtual team effectiveness to improve team performance Profile of Top Performing Virtual Team Leaders—identifies the practices of the most successful virtual team leaders Facilitating High-Impact Virtual Meetings—includes tips and techniques to effectively lead “v-meetings” Virtual Team Success also includes practical resources for virtual team leaders, quick reference guides for diagnosing virtual team problems, and six lessons for virtual team success. |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Team Leadership and Collaborative Engineering Advancements: Contemporary Issues and Implications Kock, Ned, 2009-02-28 Addresses a range of e-collaboration topics, with emphasis on virtual team leadership and collaborative engineering. Presents a blend of conceptual, theoretical, and applied chapters. |
| communication in virtual teams: Perfect Phrases for Virtual Teamwork: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Fostering Collaboration at a Distance Meryl Runion, Lynda McDermott, 2012-02-20 THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERY SITUATION . . . EVERY TIME With more and more employees working offsite, effective communication among remote team members is absolutely critical. Perfect Phrases for Virtual Teamwork provides hundreds of ready-to-use phrases that will ensure your virtual teams collaborate as effectively as the most cohesive face-to-face team. Learn the most effective language for: Defining and aligning team culture Personalizing interactions Assessing progress and results Leading effective virtual meetings Addressing conflicts and mistakes |
| communication in virtual teams: International Virtual Teams Pam Estes Brewer, 2015 Dr. Brewer presents a complete guide to international virtual team communication with the most up-to-date research developments in the engineering workplace on a global scale, and a problem-solving approach to using and communicating in virtual teams. Presents guidelines heavily based on empirical data. Application of virtual team communication guidelines to the field of engineering. Provides strategies and sample projects for teaching |
| communication in virtual teams: Implementing Virtual Teams Abigail Edwards, John R. Wilson, 2017-05-15 Many organizations worldwide are currently exploring the potential gains to be made from working with virtual teams. Although many different things are meant by use of 'virtual' (and indeed by 'teams'), usually it denotes groups of people with common purpose and goals working in different locations and often different time zones; they will be interconnected via a variety of telecommunications networks, perhaps including the Internet and intranet, video conferencing, shared white boards, as well as telephone, mail and e-mail. For organizations implementing such virtual teams there is a great need for guidance, in terms of the organizational structure and support which needs to be put in place. This book offers a practical guide to developing virtual teams, providing both an overview of what is involved and also a clear simple framework around which organizations can build their own implementation process. Although the different support technologies are discussed (at a generic level), the thrust of the book is on the organizational and human factors issues which must be addressed to make virtual teams a success. It contains detailed case studies to show how virtual teams work and where they can go wrong. |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Teams Michael M. Beyerlein, Douglas A. Johnson, Susan T. Beyerlein, 2001-12-10 The papers included in this volume identify some of the problems and some of the solutions to the kinds of problems that arise through working as virtual teams. They provide a framework for thinking about such problems and ideas that can form a foundation for advancing practice in the field. |
| communication in virtual teams: A Manager's Guide to Virtual Teams Yael Zofi, 2011-08-16 Yael Zofi’s proprietary Trust Wheel model is a proven solution to the unique challenges managers must overcome as more people migrate to partially or fully-remote working situations. Based on the author’s twenty-plus years of consulting experience, this powerful tool encourages cohesiveness and engagement among team members--even if they’ve never met. A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams does this by providing a practical road map for bridging the physical distance among coworkers, incorporating self-study exercises and simple, fun activities that develop trust and ensure your team’s success. The book explores the most critical elements to success for a team founded in trust, including: accountability, communication, conflict management, and deliverables. Complete with examples, case scenarios, and strategies to help you navigate even your biggest hurdles, A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams will help your disparate collection of people get their work “out the door” faster and better. |
| communication in virtual teams: The Cambridge Handbook of Meeting Science Joseph A. Allen, Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock, Steven G. Rogelberg, 2015-07-15 This first volume to analyze the science of meetings offers a unique perspective on an integral part of contemporary work life. More than just a tool for improving individual and organizational effectiveness and well-being, meetings provide a window into the very essence of organizations and employees' experiences with the organization. The average employee attends at least three meetings per week and managers spend the majority of their time in meetings. Meetings can raise individuals, teams, and organizations to tremendous levels of achievement. However, they can also undermine effectiveness and well-being. The Cambridge Handbook of Meeting Science assembles leading authors in industrial and organizational psychology, management, marketing, organizational behavior, anthropology, sociology, and communication to explore the meeting itself, including pre-meeting activities and post-meeting activities. It provides a comprehensive overview of research in the field and will serve as an invaluable starting point for scholars who seek to understand and improve meetings. |
| communication in virtual teams: Leading Virtual Project Teams Margaret R. Lee, 2016-04-19 In a 1945 speech, Winston Churchill stated, We are shaping the world faster than we can change ourselves, and we are applying to the present the habits of the past. Was Churchill predicting the future of project management? Have we changed how we communicate and lead projects? Have leadership and management theories and models evolved to keep pac |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Teams For Dummies Tara Powers, 2018-07-31 Set your virtual team on a path to success In the global marketplace, people can work practically anywhere and anytime. Virtual teams cut across the boundaries of time, space, culture, and sometimes even organizations. Rising costs, global locations, and advances in technology are top reasons why virtual teams have increased by 800 percent over the past 5 years. Packed with solid advice, interviews and case studies from well-known companies who are already using virtual teams in their business model and their lessons learned, Virtual Teams For Dummies provides rock-solid guidance on the essentials for building, leading, and sustaining a highly productive virtual workforce. It helps executives understand key support strategies that lead virtual teams to success and provides practical information and tools to help leaders and their teams bridge the communication gaps created by geographical separation—and achieve peak performance. Includes research findings based on a year-long study on the effectiveness of virtual teams Mindset and skill shift for managers from old school traditional team management to virtual team management Covers the communication and relationship strategies for virtual teams Examines how the frequency of in-person meetings affects a remote team’s success Written by an award-winning leadership expert, this book is your one-stop resource on creating and sustaining a successful virtual team. |
| communication in virtual teams: Leading Global Teams Jessica L. Wildman, Richard L. Griffith, 2014-11-10 This breakthrough volume details the psychological and interpersonal skills needed to meet the practical challenges of building, developing, adapting, training, and managing multicultural global teams. Its self-regulation approach offers cognitive keys to understanding and embracing difference and its associated complexities for successful global collaborations and lasting results. From this foundation, the book moves on to the various roles of leadership in facilitating team process, from establishing trust to defusing conflicts, reducing biases, and using feedback effectively. This synthesis of research and practice effectively blends real-world experience and the science of global team leadership to address the complex issues facing modern organizations. Core skills covered by the book: Structuring successful global virtual teams. Developing cross-cultural competencies through global teams. Managing active faultlines and conflicts in global teams. Coaching global teams and global team leaders. Utilizing feedback effectively across cultures. Meeting the global need for leaders through Guided Mindfulness. Leading Global Teams is mind-opening reading for students, scholars, and practitioners in industrial and organizational psychology, organizational behavior, work psychology, and applied psychology programs looking for the most current research and best practices regarding its timely subject. |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Teams in Higher Education Madelyn Flammia, Yvonne Cleary, Darina M. Slattery, 2016-07-01 In recent years, virtual teams have become a feature of most corporate workplaces, yet few academic programs prepare students to work in virtual teams, and few textbooks support the development of key skills for virtual teamwork. The primary purpose of this book is to enable higher education students to participate in virtual teams with students from other institutions, who potentially operate in different countries, time zones, and/or cultures. The book guides students through the process of working in virtual team projects for their classes, and helps them to engage with the learning experiences, and to respond to potential challenges. The book is directed towards students within any of the following disciplines: Business; Information Technology; Communication Studies; and Engineering. One section of the book also guides teachers through the process of organizing virtual team projects, and explores the teacher/teacher collaboration that is an inevitable consequence of organizing inter-institutional student virtual team projects. It provides advice for teachers on how to manage administrative challenges such as conflicting institutional schedules and grading mechanisms. In addition, it discusses research themes and data gathering and analysis techniques for teachers who wish to publish findings about the virtual team process and outcomes. As well as students and teachers, the book is also useful for researchers exploring any of the following themes: Technology use in virtual teams; Communication strategies and international communication in virtual teams; Communities of learning, e-learning, and virtual teams; Challenges of virtual teamwork; Planning a virtual team collaboration project; and Gathering and analyzing data about virtual collaboration. |
| communication in virtual teams: The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication, 4 Volume Set Craig Scott, Laurie Lewis, 2017-03-06 The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication offers a comprehensive collection of entries contributed by international experts on the origin, evolution, and current state of knowledge of all facets of contemporary organizational communication. Represents the definitive international reference resource on a topic of increasing relevance, in a new series of sub-disciplinary international encyclopedias Examines organization communication across a range of contexts, including NGOs, global corporations, community cooperatives, profit and non-profit organizations, formal and informal collectives, virtual work, and more Features topics ranging from leader-follower communication, negotiation and bargaining and organizational culture to the appropriation of communication technologies, emergence of inter-organizational networks, and hidden forms of work and organization Offers an unprecedented level of authority and diverse perspectives, with contributions from leading international experts in their associated fields Part of The Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication series, published in conjunction with the International Communication Association. Online version available at Wiley Online Library Awarded 2017 Best Edited Book award by the Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association |
| communication in virtual teams: International Virtual Teams Pam Estes Brewer, 2015-05-26 Dr. Brewer presents a complete guide to international virtual team communication with the most up-to-date research developments in the engineering workplace on a global scale, and a problem-solving approach to using and communicating in virtual teams. Presents guidelines heavily based on empirical data Application of virtual team communication guidelines to the field of engineering Provides strategies and sample projects for teaching |
| communication in virtual teams: Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision Making in Organizations Nikoi, Ephraim, 2013-08-31 Although organizational decision-making can be very complex, the understanding of technology applications is significant in not only determining the usefulness of virtual groups in organizations, but also in the designing of electronic collaborative activities. Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision Making in Organizations focuses on the role of technology in organizational decision-making processes and activities, providing academics and management teams with current research in the field of virtual teams in organizations. This publication is an essential resource for instructors and students of organization and group communication, and institutions that have networks of offices and employees in multiple geographical locations. |
| communication in virtual teams: Team Effectiveness and Decision Making in Organizations Richard A. Guzzo, Eduardo Salas, 1995-03-16 Written for researchers, educators, practitioners, and serious students of the team phenomenon, Team Effectiveness and Decision Making in Organizations provides the latest research perspective on teams: their nature, their function, their effectiveness, their decision-making processes, and their ability to change the face of organizational life.In eleven groundbreaking chapters, the book investigates the internal processes and external factors that affect critical decision making in teams and presents tested models and methods for improving team effectiveness in any organizational context. |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Teams Jessica Lipnack, Jeffrey Stamps, 2008-09-22 Praise for the First Edition of Virtual Teams If you want to see where organizational communications are going in the future, heed what these pioneers have written today. —Howard Rheingold, author, The Virtual Community, and founder, Electric Mind Lipnack and Stamps have written an important book for the twenty-first-century corporation. —Regis McKenna, The McKenna Group, author, Relationship Marketing This book provides a long overdue perspective on how to apply the discipline of real teams in the fast-moving, increasingly dispersed information age of the future. —Jon R. Katzenbach, author, The Wisdom of Teams For those who want to lead the movement, catch up with it, or simply know where it is going, this book is packed with useful information and interesting stories. —Dee W. Hock, founder and chairman emeritus, VISA Virtual Teams provides valuable insights into global teamwork and management through network technologies now available to all companies, large or small. —Jim Lynch, director, corporate quality, Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual and Collaborative Teams Susan Hayes Godar, Sharmila Pixy Ferris, 2004-01-01 Virtual and Collaborative Teams is of importance to practitioners and researchers because it brings together in a single accessible source, a variety of current research and practice on the subject of virtual and collaborative teams. Geographic distance, technology, lack of social presence, lack of adequate training and lack of instructional resources are just some of the unique challenges faced by virtual teams. This book is a unique resource in that it provides a variety of research and practice from a wide range of disciplines, nationally and internationally. The essays blends theory and practice, encompassing quantitative and qualitative research, case studies, interview research and theoretical models. |
| communication in virtual teams: Storytelling with Data Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, 2015-11-02 Don't simply show your data—tell a story with it! Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. The lessons in this illuminative text are grounded in theory, but made accessible through numerous real-world examples—ready for immediate application to your next graph or presentation. Storytelling is not an inherent skill, especially when it comes to data visualization, and the tools at our disposal don't make it any easier. This book demonstrates how to go beyond conventional tools to reach the root of your data, and how to use your data to create an engaging, informative, compelling story. Specifically, you'll learn how to: Understand the importance of context and audience Determine the appropriate type of graph for your situation Recognize and eliminate the clutter clouding your information Direct your audience's attention to the most important parts of your data Think like a designer and utilize concepts of design in data visualization Leverage the power of storytelling to help your message resonate with your audience Together, the lessons in this book will help you turn your data into high impact visual stories that stick with your audience. Rid your world of ineffective graphs, one exploding 3D pie chart at a time. There is a story in your data—Storytelling with Data will give you the skills and power to tell it! |
| communication in virtual teams: Trust in Organizations Roderick Moreland Kramer, Tom R. Tyler, 1996 Perspectives from organizational theory, social psychology, sociology and economics are brought together in this volume to provide a broad coverage of trust, including the psychological and social antecedents of trust. |
| communication in virtual teams: Virtual Teams David Pauleen, 2004-01-01 Virtual teams are a relatively new phenomenon and by definition work across time, distance, and organizations through the use of information and communications technology. Virtual Teams: Projects, Protocols and Processes gathers the best of academic research on real work-based virtual teams into one book. It offers a series of chapters featuring practical research, insight and recommendations on how virtual team projects can be better managed, as well as in depth discussion on issues critical to virtual team success, including the place of virtual teams in organizations, leadership, trust and relationship building, best use of technology, and knowledge sharing. |
| communication in virtual teams: Managing Virtual Teams Deborah Daniel DuFrene, 2012 Virtual teams are an integral part of today's global business environment. Traditional face-to-face communication is frequently being replaced with technology mediated communication methods including phone, email, fax, synchronous chat programs, and videoconferencing. While virtual teams offer various advantages to organizations and individuals in flexibility and the ability to overcome geographic distance, they face unique challenges. Virtual teams are often made up of members of various cultures with diverse communication styles. Men and women also tend to behave differently in virtual environments. Challenges occur in the forming, storming, norming, and performing phases of team development, and virtual teams must be able to cope effectively with those obstacles if they are to be successful and reach their potential. Team participants should be selected carefully for various personal characteristics that help assure success and trained in how to be effective virtual team members. Various team strategies can be implemented to improve effectiveness and satisfaction of virtual team members. |
Improving Communication in Virtual Teams - siop.org
understand how communication networks develop in virtual team contexts and the factors that facilitate effective functioning. Communication networks are essentially the patterns of
Five Ways to Improve Communication in Virtual Teams - CTSI …
New research reveals simple strategies that boost performance. As collaborative technologies proliferate, it is tempting to assume that more sophisticated tools will engender more effective …
DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL TEAMS - CIPD
conferencing to work well is the first step towards more effective communication in virtual teams. Synchronise work schedules as far as practical • Virtual teams should have a common working …
THE EVOLUTION OF REMOTE WORK: ANALYZING …
discuss five common challenges associated with remote work and virtual team management: communication barriers, building trust and rapport, time zone differences, ensuring …
Communication Challenges and Solutions in Global Virtual …
Understanding the basics of virtual teams is critical to understanding how to communicate within a global virtual team. But teams must be careful to choose how they communicate.
Communication Tips for Virtual Teams - tools.teambuilding.com
Set the standards for communication in your organization early and often - ideally during orientation and onboarding. Create remote communication etiquette that best serves your …
Leadership and communication in virtual teams - Theseus
Based on these, the thesis suggests the following recommendations for virtual teams: transparency in com-munication, encouragement and individual feedback from team leaders …
Virtual Team Work - Communication Cache
This document will begin by defining the concept of teams and virtual teams. It will then go on to present some of the challenges that virtual teams face, and show how a virtual
Managing Virtual Team Communications - Wilson
Managing Virtual Team Communications (MVTC) engages team members in a virtual team simulation in which they learn and use critical communication and process tools to help them …
Diversity and Communication in Virtual Project Teams - IEEE
communication has been identified as playing a critical role in the success of virtual projects. Diversity, whether disciplinary or cultural, enriches teamwork by bringing different viewpoints to …
Five Ways to Improve Communication in Virtual Teams
We asked team members to rate one another on virtual communication behaviors culled from a growing body of research on virtual teams. Peer assessments focused on five best practices: …
Motivational Communication Strategies for Virtual Teams
that virtual teams can adapt to changes in the future (Bennett & McWhorter, 2021). Understanding the benefits of effective communication to motivate virtual team members is essential for …
Strategies to Improve Communication Management within …
Communication Management in Virtual Teams The most satisfied virtual team members exist in teams with effective communication structures and patterns (Oyeleye, 2013). As stated by …
Communication in Virtual Teams: The Role of Emotional …
Virtual teams are comprised of individuals who work interdependently using computer-mediated communication technology to accomplish a shared organizational objective (Martins et al., 2004).
The Virtual Communication Aspect: A Critical Review of Virtual …
successful virtual teams: communication, establishing expectations, allocating resources, and modeling desired behaviors. While Qureshi, Liu, & Vogel identified communication elements …
Journal of Management - Communication Cache
In this paper, we review the research on virtual teams in an effort to assess the state of the literature. We start with an examination of the definitions of virtual teams used and propose an …
Virtual Team Toolkit - Communications - Management.Org
Four principles for effectively communicating at a distance: . § Standards for availability and acknowledgement are defined and respected. § Team members replace lost context in their …
ATTRIBUTES OF EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL TEAMS - CIPD
Virtual teams are highly dependent on communication. However, virtual teams may experience limitations in the quantity and quality of the information communicated because face--face to
Communication challenges in managing global virtual teams:
Apr 29, 2022 · investigate what are the communication challenges they experience when managing global virtual teams. The topic of communication in managing global virtual teams is …
Impact of Computer-Mediated Communication on Virtual …
reports on a study that compared team cohesiveness among virtual teams using CMC and non-CMC communication mediums. The findings suggest that CMC can help virtual teams increase …
Improving Communication in Virtual Teams - siop.org
understand how communication networks develop in virtual team contexts and the factors that facilitate effective functioning. Communication networks are essentially the patterns of
Five Ways to Improve Communication in Virtual Teams
New research reveals simple strategies that boost performance. As collaborative technologies proliferate, it is tempting to assume that more sophisticated tools will engender more effective …
DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL TEAMS - CIPD
conferencing to work well is the first step towards more effective communication in virtual teams. Synchronise work schedules as far as practical • Virtual teams should have a common …
THE EVOLUTION OF REMOTE WORK: ANALYZING …
discuss five common challenges associated with remote work and virtual team management: communication barriers, building trust and rapport, time zone differences, ensuring …
Communication Challenges and Solutions in Global Virtual …
Understanding the basics of virtual teams is critical to understanding how to communicate within a global virtual team. But teams must be careful to choose how they communicate.
Communication Tips for Virtual Teams
Set the standards for communication in your organization early and often - ideally during orientation and onboarding. Create remote communication etiquette that best serves your …
Leadership and communication in virtual teams - Theseus
Based on these, the thesis suggests the following recommendations for virtual teams: transparency in com-munication, encouragement and individual feedback from team leaders …
Virtual Team Work - Communication Cache
This document will begin by defining the concept of teams and virtual teams. It will then go on to present some of the challenges that virtual teams face, and show how a virtual
Managing Virtual Team Communications - Wilson
Managing Virtual Team Communications (MVTC) engages team members in a virtual team simulation in which they learn and use critical communication and process tools to help them …
Diversity and Communication in Virtual Project Teams - IEEE
communication has been identified as playing a critical role in the success of virtual projects. Diversity, whether disciplinary or cultural, enriches teamwork by bringing different viewpoints …
Five Ways to Improve Communication in Virtual Teams
We asked team members to rate one another on virtual communication behaviors culled from a growing body of research on virtual teams. Peer assessments focused on five best practices: …
Motivational Communication Strategies for Virtual Teams
that virtual teams can adapt to changes in the future (Bennett & McWhorter, 2021). Understanding the benefits of effective communication to motivate virtual team members is essential for …
Strategies to Improve Communication Management within …
Communication Management in Virtual Teams The most satisfied virtual team members exist in teams with effective communication structures and patterns (Oyeleye, 2013). As stated by …
Communication in Virtual Teams: The Role of Emotional …
Virtual teams are comprised of individuals who work interdependently using computer-mediated communication technology to accomplish a shared organizational objective (Martins et al., 2004).
The Virtual Communication Aspect: A Critical Review of …
successful virtual teams: communication, establishing expectations, allocating resources, and modeling desired behaviors. While Qureshi, Liu, & Vogel identified communication elements …
Journal of Management - Communication Cache
In this paper, we review the research on virtual teams in an effort to assess the state of the literature. We start with an examination of the definitions of virtual teams used and propose …
Virtual Team Toolkit - Communications - Management.Org
Four principles for effectively communicating at a distance: . § Standards for availability and acknowledgement are defined and respected. § Team members replace lost context in their …
ATTRIBUTES OF EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL TEAMS - CIPD
Virtual teams are highly dependent on communication. However, virtual teams may experience limitations in the quantity and quality of the information communicated because face--face to
Communication challenges in managing global virtual teams:
Apr 29, 2022 · investigate what are the communication challenges they experience when managing global virtual teams. The topic of communication in managing global virtual teams is …
Impact of Computer-Mediated Communication on Virtual …
reports on a study that compared team cohesiveness among virtual teams using CMC and non-CMC communication mediums. The findings suggest that CMC can help virtual teams …
