Org. Behavior and Teamwork

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Trident University International MKT 302 – Org. Behavior and Teamwork February 2012 Module 2 Case Groups and Teams Dr. Valencia Westray 18 March 2012 1. What are some of the challenges of collocated teams (same location) facing team members and/or leaders? Please identify and explain 2 or 3. The benefits of collaborative learning have been established for face-to-face teams, the impact of distance and time on virtual team roles, functions, and processes have received little attention. Working in a virtual team is unique because of the physical separation of the group, yet little is understood about how distance and time affects their ability to make plans, communicate, and work to accomplish team goals. Some of the challenges of collated teams facing team members or leaders are Less time to think about the message, Synchronous and Expensive. Less time to think about the message. Face-to-face communication also means real time communication. The human brain is particularly fast about processing and generating language. Some people are relatively good at it and some aren’t. Face-to-face communicate will give an unfair advantage to the person who is fast. The slower person may be forced to say things they don’t really mean or haven’t considered deeply just to stay in the conversation. With other forms of communication, like email for example, you can spend more time to think carefully about what you want to say and how to say it…not meaning people always use that time, but it’s there if you need it. Synchronous. To have a face-to-face conversation everyone must both be there. If we try to find a time when everyone is available isn’t it possible that it will delay the communication unnecessarily? With asynchronous communication you can send messages now and you can read it whenever you have time. It’s very possible that you will have time
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