Six main challenges are driving virtual
team together;
1. Cross-cultural differences:
Many studies have been done on the differences
between cultures. There seems to agree on some key areas of difference, and it
is summarized in the cultural orientation Framework (COF), developed by
Philippe Rosinski based on the work of many well-known experts in intercultural
fields, including Hofstede and Trompenaars. The entire model is published in
the book, Coaching Across Cultures.
a) sense of power and responsibility
Control:
The man is a determining authority and responsibility in life they want to
forge.
Harmony: Striving for balance and harmony with nature.
Harmony: Striving for balance and harmony with nature.
Simplicity:
Accept inevitable natural limits.
b) Time Management approaches
Scarce:
Time is a scarce commodity. Manage them carefully! Rich: Time is plentiful.
Relax!
Monochronic:
Concentrate on one activity and / or relationship at a time.
Polychronic:
Concentrate simultaneously on multiple tasks and / or relationships
Past: Learn from the
past. currently is in essence a continuation or recurrence of past events.
Present:
Focus on the 'here and now' and short-term benefits.
Future:
you have a preference for long-term gain. Promoting a far-reaching vision.
c) The sense of identity and destiny
Being: Stress live and
develop talent and relationships.
Forum: Focus on
performance and visible results.
Individualistic:
Emphasize individual properties and projects.
Collectivist:
Emphasize collaboration of a group.
d) Organizational arrangements
Hierarchy:
Society and social organizations need layered to function properly.
Equality: The people are
equal happen often play different roles.
Universalist:
In all cases treated in the same universal way. Adopt common process for
consistency and economies of scale.
Specifically:
Emphasize special circumstances. Proponent decentralization and customization.
Stability:
The value of a static and harmonious environment. Boost efficiency through the
systematic and disciplined work. Minimize change and ambiguity, seen as
disruptive.
Change the value of a dynamic and
flexible environment. Promote effectiveness through adaptability and
innovation. Avoid routine, seen as dull.
Competitive:
Promoting achievement and progress by competitive pacing.
Collaborative:
Promote the success and development through mutual support, sharing best
practices, and unity.
e) Notions of Territory and Boundaries
Protection:
Protect yourself by keeping his personal life private and emotional (mental
borders) and by minimizing intrusions into your physical space (physical
limit).
Sharing:
Build closer relationships by sharing your mental and physical domains.
f) Communication patterns
High Context: Relying on implicit
communication. Enjoy the sense of gestures, posture and voice and context.
Low Context:
Rely on explicit communication. Sides with clear and detailed instructions.
Direct: In a conflict or to deliver a difficult message, get your point across clearly at risk of offending or hurting.
Direct: In a conflict or to deliver a difficult message, get your point across clearly at risk of offending or hurting.
Indirect:
In a conflict or to deliver a difficult message, preferably maintaining a
cordial relationship with the risk of misunderstandings.
Affective:
Display emotion and warmth in communication. Establishment and maintenance of
personal and social contacts is the key.
Neutral:
Stress brevity, precision and detachment communication. Formal: Strict
protocols and rituals.
Informal:
Intimacy and spontaneity Grace.
g) Thinking
Deduction: Emphasize concepts, theories
and general principles. Then, through logical reasoning, derived from practical
applications and solutions.
Inductive:
Start with experience concrete situations and cases. After using intuition to
formulate general theories and models.
Analytical:
Scheid fully its constituent elements. Decomposing a problem into smaller pieces.
Systemic:
Assemble the parts into a coherent whole. Check out the links between the
elements and focus on the whole system.
2. Time difference:
It
is difficult to coordinate work in different time zones, with different holiday
calendar.
3. Communication:
The majority of our communication is
non-verbal and lost when we talk by e-mail or by phone. Misunderstandings and
miscommunication is more likely.
4. Coordination:
Project work requires a lot of small
adjustments, such as a question about which some information, a request for
clarification, etc. to collocated team, adjustments can be made quickly and
informally (ie, water cooler).
5. Unity barrier:
Group collocated develop closer bonds
and are more likely to trust each other, help each other and work harder for
each other. Because it exists takes place in informal settings and have
non-verbal communication, it is more difficult to build virtual teams.
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