Org. Communication + Virtual Teams

Effective communication is the foundation for effectiveness in any type of organization, thru a good communication in a company is more effecting when task are being delegated, especially in virtual teams there has to be a good communication between team mates in order to be efficient, so lets talk a little of communication.
There are two dimensions in communication:

• Interpersonal communication
When you are speaking to another person



• Technological communication
When you “talk” to a person without him in front of you, like thru an e-mail or text message, these are the most dominant in a virtual team.



What is a virtual team? A virtual team is a group of people that are working for a project of the same company, but they don’t work in the same office, in some cases the members of the team are in different countries and they may work for the same or different companies, one of the benefits of virtual teams is that these teams reduce cost and time for the companies, but, a virtual team is not the same as a virtual community, and a virtual team unlike a normal meeting, the team members don’t have to meet face to face in a meeting room every day, they can each work their part and check the progress of the other members, the can schedule meetings thru the web when they need to check something, but one of the most obvious disadvantage is the different time schedules, cause the members may be in different countries, there may be also a little language barrier.



In order to have an effective communication, keep these points in mind:
• Clarity
• Objective
• Understanding
• Consistency
• Completeness
• Feedback
• Time



Bibliography:
http://managementhelp.org/grp_skll/virtual/virtual.htm
http://managementhelp.org/grp_skll/virtual/defntion.pdf
http://www.seanet.com/~daveg/vrteams.htm
http://www.groupjazz.com/pdf/vteams-toronto.pdf
http://managementhelp.org/mrktng/org_cmm.htm
http://orgcomm.web.mtsu.edu/
http://www.uky.edu/~drlane/capstone/orgcomm/