Essays about: "Global Virtual Team"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 36 essays containing the words Global Virtual Team.

1. 16. ADAPTING TO THE NEW NORMAL : A Qualitative Study of Digital Leadership in Crisis

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Maxim Murashkin; Johanna Tyrväinen; [2020]
   Keywords : digital leadership; digital mastery; digitalization; digital transformation; crisis; COVID-19; L’Oréal; leadership; virtual teams; communication; pandemic;

   Abstract : With more than 5 million people sick and 300 thousand dead, the global economy has experienced an economic shock more severe than the financial crisis of 2008. The sudden emergence of COVID-19 as a global threat came at a time when a significant percentage of businesses are divided in their degree of digital maturity. READ MORE

3. 17. How Global and Virtual Teams are Efficiently Managed by Project Managers : From a Construction Management Perspective

   University essay from KTH/Ledning och organisering i byggande och förvaltning

   Author : Matilda Bernehjält; Isabella Carlbom; [2020]
   Keywords : Global Virtual Teams; Cultural Diversity; Virtual Work Settings; Communication; Project Management; Globala virtuella team; kulturell diversitet; virtuellt arbetssätt; kommunikation; projektledning;

   Abstract : The acceleration of globalisation has forced companies to cope with its propulsion in order to become more competitive and internationalised, an internationalisation that creates the importance of knowing how to manage global and virtual teams (GVT). The knowledge in the area today has shown to be vague, generalised and hard to grasp, especially for the unexperienced GVT-project manager. READ MORE

4. 18. Co-located and Distributed Teams in Software Development Projects : An evaluation of differences in terms of soft factors, performance and cost efficiency in co-located and distributed teams

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

   Author : Sejla Manjusak; [2019]
   Keywords : Co-located teams; distributed teams; offshoring;

   Abstract : Background It is evident that due to the globalization, offshoring and cross-national collaboration has become a natural evolution for many companies which have created the virtual world. The virtual world has many advantages, but when this is put into practice it turns out that there are also some disadvantages that affect the teams that are working with different sites. READ MORE

5. 19. Impact of individual virtual competence on work outcomes in virtual IT projects

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Dariia Gaioshko; Irina Armasheva; [2018]
   Keywords : Virtual Teams; Management; Project Management; Success Factors; IT; Virtual Competence; Global Virtual Teams;

   Abstract : As the world becomes more globalized and information technology develops more rapidly, companies are increasingly exploring the benefits of using virtual teams to work on projects that allow them to achieve their objectives. This phenomenon though keeps raising questions regarding the best practices in selection and management of employees whose work would be mostly conducted in virtual settings instead of traditional co-located teams. READ MORE

6. 20. Multiple Choices and Challenges - A Study of E-leadership in the Digital Era

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Knut Esaiasson; [2018]
   Keywords : E-leadership; Virtual Teams; Cross-Cultural Leadership; Shared Leadership; Task-Oriented Leadership; Relationship-Oriented Leadership and Situational Leadership Model.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate the increasing specialisation of tasks in contemporary organisations and ensuing demand of expertise, and how these factors are affecting the leadership within virtual teams (teams in organisations working virtually with help of technology). Globalisation and a technological revolution has greatly transformed the business world during the last decades, with an increasing amount of collaborations occurring across cultural as well as professional borders. READ MORE