According to Kuruppuarachchi (2009), what benefits and problems arise as a consequence of the creation of virtual team? Identify five each. Based on this, explain how to make the transition from a more traditional team structure to the more distributed team structure?

BENEFITS:

• ·         Speed up product development and project management.
• ·         Flexibility in resource allocations and working scheduling.
• ·         Flexibility in working hours for employees.
• ·         Financial gains through improve productivity, reduced cos, reduce travel time, etc.
• ·         Skilled, qualified, and talented workforce is possible regardless of the distance.

PROBLEMS:

• ·         Additional costs for setting up remote offices.
• ·         Too many members are possible in a team.
• ·         Quality control is difficult.
• ·         Ineffective communication in the absence of face-to-face communication.
• ·         Lack of permanent reports or reports are not available centrally.

I think it is a good idea to move forward to distributed teams, because the benefits are more significant than the problems, I think the biggest problem would be the communication, so an enterprise should create a good communication system with their employees when going into this kind of team.

This team well used can bring a lot of benefits to the enterprise, so it is important to be well prepared to take advantage of it.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kuruppuarachchi, P. R. (2009). Virtual team concepts in projects: A case study
Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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