Global spread of business has
created a momentum and
drastically changing the corporate world in recent
years. Advancements in communication technologies alter the ways
of operations in many organizations in a significant way. Undoubtedly,
the office atmosphere is shifting from conventional methods
of performance to new and convenient ways. In a fiercely
competitive market, organizations can thrive and meet the business
demands only by adopting latest techniques of performance.
In the present scenario, as the technology moves fast due
global innovation and services, employers are changing plans and processes
in quicker cycles than before. Talented employees are moving out
among organizations at rapid rate and availability of qualified
manpower at particular place for specific tasks is increasingly becoming tough
for companies. In order to get the best talent in time and sustain
it, organizations need to apply emerging trends among
the international workforce. Virtual teaming is one of the current,
most important techniques in this direction.
Knowledge workers who are the main players of virtual teams
(also called dispersed teams), carry with them high level of
technical expertise and advanced knowledge of their generation. Values
and attitudes of these professionals towards work keep changing
with changing times. Till recently, technical competence of
team members was more than enough to produce desired results in a
team. But, virtual team—the new avatar of conventional teams—can
excel and accomplish miracles only when team people gel well and
cooperate with each other.
Today, companies are investing heavily on tools,
technologies, methods and approaches that they use for extracting
maximum performance. It is highly important for them to foster a
supportive environment to virtual team players which contribute to overall
team/organizational success. If a dispersed team is managed properly,
the results it can produce will be priceless. Many modern
enterprises are on fast track in setting up
virtual teams. However, they fail to recognize the need to handle
those teams appropriately. It has become a real challenge to build
successful virtual teams, maintain them effectively and derive the best
of them. |
