Virtual teams have become essential units in successful organizations. Where they do not exist, opportunity is lost. Where they are not functioning effectively, opportunity is lost. International virtual teams are the key to some of the biggest successes and failures in the global workplace while organizations learn to operate as complex webs of people. Organizations that successfully employ global virtual teams can access the human resources that allow them to compete internationally.
Reference for more reading…International Virtual Teams: Engineering Global Success (IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series
Core Concept
Because people must work through technology and across cultures, it is important that they understand the new nature of communication as it passes through these filters.
Virtual Team
Virtual teams, by definition ,do much of their work across distances facilitated by technology as opposed to doing much of their work in face-to-face contexts. They can work across small or large distances and can comprise as few as two team members or as many as can be effectively managed for a specific purpose .Technology facilitates
communication at a distance and also acts as a filter through which communication must flow .International boundaries present yet another filter through which communication must flow .Because people must work through technology and across cultures ,it is important that they understand the new nature of communication as it passes through these filters
Definition
Virtual team—a team that does much of its work across distances facilitated by technology as opposed to doing much of its work in face-to-face contexts.
