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Virtual teams are becoming more prevalent in many firms as business communication becomes more global and change-focused. While virtual teams can boost the speed of information transfer and make resources more accessible, they present challenges to developing shared understanding and social presence between team members. Effective virtual team management requires addressing issues like coordination, communication, and role development in order to resolve conflicts and promote collaboration.

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Virtual teams are becoming more prevalent in many firms as business communication becomes more global and change-focused. While virtual teams can boost the speed of information transfer and make resources more accessible, they present challenges to developing shared understanding and social presence between team members. Effective virtual team management requires addressing issues like coordination, communication, and role development in order to resolve conflicts and promote collaboration.

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Good morning, today me and my group members will be going over how you can achieve an efficient

team and conduct effective meetings starting with how enhancing on virtual teams can help us utilize
teams and meeting minutes:
In the majority of firms, virtual teams are becoming more prevalent, and business communication is becoming
more intercultural, horizontal, strategic, and change-focused (Thomas, 2007). In an environment that is becoming
more competitive and is rapidly changing on a global scale in both the economic and social spheres, organizations
who are unable or unwilling to utilize virtual teams may find themselves losing out. According to several studies,
the use of virtual teams is growing rapidly (Maznevski & Chudoba, 2000). Because huge, complex files can be
transferred immediately to practically any location, computer-mediated virtual teams can boost the speed and
agility of information transfer. Resources can be rapidly and easily made available by leveraging expertise and
vertical integration within enterprises; extra team members can even be added or deleted with a single click.

It is difficult to argue against the financial and business benefits of virtual teams because of time and travel
savings, but questions about the efficacy and efficiency of virtual teams in different contexts remain unanswered
(Grimshaw & Kwok, 1998). The improvements in communication are obvious, but enabling efficient participation
and teamwork is a more challenging issue.

The skill sets needed for managing successful virtual work teams are more difficult to master than those needed
for managing face-to-face teams. Building competences and expertise is challenging without standard technical
support systems, which might impede overall development, knowledge management, and sense-making (Gibson &
Cohen, 2003).

Virtual interaction may make problematic issues such challenges in coming to a shared understanding,
coordinating perspectives, and establishing a feeling of social presence worse, and management needs to be
aware of this and address it (Hakkinen, 2004).

Ironically, traditional face-to-face teams continue to be the focus of the majority of research on teams, team
building, and team development. Perhaps overly simply, but the effectiveness of virtual teams and the outcomes
that follow from their work depend on resolving miscommunication and conflict, creating appropriate and
competent roles within the team for collaboration, and promoting effective communication between team
members.

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