Working Virtually: Challenges of Virtual Teams

Virtual teams have been used to leverage scarce and distributed resources for many years. Expense reductions, health epidemics, air travel safety, and complex supply chains have only intensified this need. General best practices for leading and participating in virtual teams are well known but why are there still misconceptions about their effectiveness? What drives the notion that "face to face is always better"? How can groups and individuals take the most advantage of virtual teams through the appropriate use of technology? Working Virtually: Challenges of Virtual Teams provides an in-depth, practical perspective on the growing dependence of virtual teams and how to best exploit them. Based on years of direct experience in managing and participating in virtual teams, as well as developing solutions to help virtual teams be more effective, the authors have provided unique insight that can be leveraged to help you get the most of your virtual teams.

This perspective on the growing dependence on virtual teams provides virtual offices with the tools to best exploit their environment. Insight is provided on using virtual teams to most effectively leverage scarce and distributed resources. Demonstrating more benefits of virtual teams, this book guides groups and individuals to take advantage of them through the appropriate use of technology and identifying which tools work best in each situation.