Probing Question Assignment

Probing Question Assignment 

Virtual Teams 

 The advances in networking communications technologies and the expansion of the global economy 

have significantly changed both teams and the nature of work at the enterprise. Organizations have 

become more distributed cross-geography and across industries. Relationships between stakeholders 

inside the organization and those previously considered outside (customers, supplies, communities) are 

becoming more important. Organizations have discovered the value of collaborative work and forced to 

change work processes. Today, there is a new kind of work group “virtual team” made up of people who 

communicate electronic via several modes (GoToMeeting, social media, etc.). Its members may hardly 

ever see each other in person. In fact, they never meet at all, except in cyberspace. 

Most of you either are or will be in managerial position leading a team of professionals and will be faced 

with the challenge of managing virtual teams. In your opinion what are the challenges in forming virtual 

teams? How would you manage such teams? What a typical technology infrastructure and architecture 

an enterprise must have to accommodate this type of collaborative work? What are the implications 

(financial, organizational, technological, legal, etc.) for the enterprise in relaying on virtual teams to 

accomplish its goals and objectives? You narrative explanation should not exceed 2000 words.