The Benefits of Global Virtual Teams

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY…………………………………………………………………...3

1.0 INTRODUCTION………………………………..……………………………………….4

2.0 DEFINITION OF Global Virtual Team………………………………………………….4

2.1factors influencing in GVT…………………………………………..........................4

2.2 Characteristics of Global Virtual Team…………………………………..................7

3.0 ADVANTAGES OF Global Virtual Team……………………………………………....7

4.0 DISADVANTAGES OF GVT...............................................................................….....8

5.0 ECONMOMIC: The issues associated with managing a Global Virtual team effectively..9

6.0 MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES....................................................................................9

6.1Effective solutions / strategies tousle in dealing with management problems……........9

7.0 Conclusion….................................................................................................................10

REFERENCES…..........................................................................................................11

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Today’s world is a world of new emerging technologies. Using these technologies we can get the help of any or should say answer to any question. If we are running a business successfully, then we can see a lot of challenges and opportunities which can be in public sector as well as private sector (Klitmøller & Jakob, 2013).

Virtual teams can be seen as a team which is geographically independent and they use computer supported technologies in order to communicate and they are free from space, time and organizational boundaries dependency. The members of a global virtual team can be located in different parts of the city, country or the world...

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Klitmøller, Anders, SCHNEIDER SUSAN C., & JONSEN KARSTEN. (2013). COMMON LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES IN GLOBAL VIRTUAL TEAMS:THE ROLE OF MEDIA AND SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings

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Heller, R . (2010). A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF FACE-TO-FACE AND VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION: OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES. Graduate Research Assistant for CAHRS

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