Art of Managing Virtual Teams: Eight key Lessons Charles Wardell Summary In today’s world‚ it is not enough just to have a virtual team in place. What is more important is how manage them and maximize the benefits of such a structure. In this article‚ Charles has stated eight key lessons that he believes are vital for effective virtual team management. These lessons are: 1. First learn to manage a regular team before jumping into a virtual team. Also‚ emphasis should be on managing people
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Chapter 8 Team Leadership and Self‐Managed Teams Chapter 8 Learning Outcomes • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of working in teams. • Briefly describe the seven characteristics of effective teams. • Describe top management’s and the team leader’s roles in fostering creativity. For each‚ list b ’ d h l d ’ l f h l activities they should undertake to promote creativity. • Outline the three parts of conducting effective meetings. • Explain the differences between conventional and self‐managed teams
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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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Managing Teams In this assignment I am going to be defining teams in my own words‚ also explaining why it is a good idea to work within a team. I will also be describing some different types of terms and their associated benefits. A team consists of people of all levels in an organisation whom come together to work on a particular project within their division. I believe that it is a good idea to work as a team because‚ everybody has different ideas so there will be a lot of varied input
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What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of shortening project schedules? In some situations project manager will have to get the project schedule shortened. One method for accomplishing this is by shortening the durations of the activities in the critical path. This can be done by allocating more resources to perform the activities or by making changes in the scope. Project Crashing and Fast Tracking are two methods useful for shortening the project schedule. Crashing
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CHALLENGES OF GEOGRAPHICALLY 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
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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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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING INTERNET In the history of human mankind‚ the Internet has undoubtedly been the greatest development in the domain of communication industry. Internet has tremendous potentials and a lot to offer in terms of services. However‚ if examined carefully‚ the Internet appears to have not only advantages but also some drawbacks. One good point is that the Internet is a source of information. There is a huge amount of information available on the Internet for just
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leader of a team that included 10 individuals. To her surprise‚ not only were these team members diverse in terms of their functional training and expertise‚ but they also represented a variety of culture backgrounds and only three were located in her office building. She quickly learned that 7 of 10 individuals actually worked from their home countries that included Japan‚ China‚ Mexico‚ Australia‚ Germany‚ Colombia‚ and Egypt. Up until this point‚ this "virtual team" collaborated on projects by using
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--------------------------MEM 501 – Project Management Assignment No. IV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chapter 6 Resource Utilization TRUE/FALSE Resource-limited scheduling will not extend the project completion time if necessary in order to keep within the resource limits. ANS: F Feedback Correct Resource-limited scheduling will extend the project completion time if necessary in order
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