Based on the attached case study (Second Chance)‚ discuss the following questions. 1. What do you think Keith Lam would do‚ given his role and the circumstances? Why? 2. What should be done? Support your views with relevant leadership theories and (if applicable) real life experiences. Please note that you will be graded according to the following criteria: 1. Understanding theories and concepts (demonstrate understanding of theoretical frameworks) 2. Reflection and Interpretation (able
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DISTRIBUTED TEAMS The more virtual your teamwork is‚ the more demanding it becomes. Collaboration across locations‚ time zones and cultural boundaries increases the demands on organization and management. Mobility and temporary project work may complicate employees’ own work management and leisure time arrangements. Mediated communication offers opportunities for virtual collaboration. Yet team members also need to be aware of the pros and cons of various communication tools. 1 CHALLENGE #1 – LOCATION
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products to match the changing demands of the environment. [1] This ever-changing environment has set the stage for a new dimension of project management… Project Management (PM) is the discipline of planning‚ organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. [2] This is hard enough to accomplish when the project is within a single department of a company and all team members are located on-site. Now‚ take all the stresses and
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Managing Virtual Teams 1. Introduction Virtual teams have emerged to mitigate the challenges of managing teams that are distributed across different regions‚ and are a sustainable component of global business. A project manager managing a virtual team would have to integrate communication strategies‚ project management techniques including human and social processes in order to support the team‚ (Kimball‚ 1997). The author is a project manager assigned to lead a virtual team of 300 volunteers
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1. Are virtual teams likely to be a passing fad? Why. Or why not? I personally don’t believe that virtual teams are a passing fad. Over the past couple of years a lot of things have changed but one thing that has been constant is the use of technology and the importance it plays in the workplace. Like my company‚ we have a number of locations and we work on various projects utilizing virtual teams. Especially since a lot of bigger companies are global‚ virtual teams allows for more reasonable collaboration
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Building a virtual team Saturday August 26‚ 2012 Building a virtual team A virtual team is a group of individuals who work across time‚ space and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. Several key factors can cause a virtual team to succeed or to go down the drains such as lack of interest‚ lack of directions and difference of work ethic. We can describe the key challenges and pitfalls to virtual teams as such: Some virtual team lack of clear
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Leading Intergenerational Teams Workspace demographics now span four generations. A twenty-something hired this year can expect to find that they working with colleagues who are older than they are by fifty or more years. The reason for this is primarily due to labor shortages for trained personnel in many industries. In addition‚ many older workers are now delaying retirement due for economic or other reasons. Many of the baby boomer generation can now be expected to delay retirement into their
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things” Warren Bennis Both managers and leaders are by definition someone who guides a group of people towards a goal‚ but leadership and management are not the same thing. One can be a leader without being a manager and one can manage without leading. The main difference between managers and leaders is in their commitments and visions. “A manager is concerned with how decisions get made and how communications flow; a leader is concerned with what decisions get made and what he or she communicates
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Leading a Diverse Team Summary Although leading a diverse team may be challenging‚ there are many benefits. Trainings‚ in diversity‚ are a method many companies use to help employees cope/deal with the differences. With discrimination‚ still an issue‚ leadership is still under pressure to find a solution. Though the challenges‚ a common goal in most organizations is to build an acceptance and creating a sense of belonging. Experiences The article states‚ “Often employees who strive to effectively
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Chapter 1: The Virtual Environment Work Team Introduction A national accounting firm offers tax preparation services to individuals. T.A. Stearns was a popular national accounting firm because of its superior reputation for high quality of its advice and the excellence of its service. Superior computer databases and analysis tools that were highly technical in tax laws they covered and in code they were written was the key to T.A. Stearns reputation. They were perfected by high levels
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