Working Virtually: Challenges Of Virtual Teams

by Robert Jones

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 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.

194 pages, Hardcover

First published April 30, 2005

About the author

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Robert Jones works for the enterprise architecture group of Hewlett-Packard where he is the team leader for a group that facilitates communication between more than 150 enterprise architects. He lives in Kennesaw, Georgia.