It seems virtual teams are how today's company's are running. It makes it easier to communicate with others without having to be in the same place. There are many positives to doing this, in that people don't need to leave their families or do extensive traveling. However, I still find there is an issue that is important to consider. First, you are not getting the same face to face communication with the people you are working with. In a way, you are sometimes working with a faceless person. I think this virtual teams are crucial fore businesses today to help get things done at a faster pace, but I still think in some ways communication is becoming less important.
According to an article from MIT Sloan, there are 10 rules for helping make virtual teams more productive. Some of these rules even work with this issue, in that when working with a virtual team, you should start with a group of people who know each other. Another is increasing the amount of communication between workers. With these tips I think communication can become as important as it used to be. Who knows what will happen next...
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You, like many other classmates, argue for the face to face communication and although I can see the tremendous benefits in this, i still do not completely agree. Virtual Teams can work more productively and efficiently since they don't have to take the extra time to travel and meet in different countries around the world. It becomes more efficient due to the faster pace and the money saved. I do not think that communication becomes less important, just the way we are communicating is evolving with technology and that is not necessarily a bad thing. The rules were also a great was to keep teams going and help them work together and productively.
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