Rebecca led a virtual project team with members from different cultures. She had the team complete a cultural assessment and share their profiles. However, issues arose during their calls. The Korean member needed approval before sharing information, due to his company's hierarchy. The Japanese member could not share sales data due to privacy laws. Rebecca did not realize these cultural differences. While she prepared the team well initially, ongoing cultural awareness is needed in virtual teams. Leaders must understand each member's unique situation and context to ensure effective collaboration over time.
ECOM 201 Introduction to e-Management Case Study 1439-1440 H 2.docxtidwellveronique
ECOM 201: Introduction to e-Management Case Study 1439-1440 H 2nd Semester
Virtual Team Successes and Stresses
A Case Study
As widespread as diverse and dispersed teaming is these days, leading a virtual team can be a challenge. This case study offers ideas on making the best of diverse and dispersed team structures.
Virtual teaming, that is, working on teams whose members are not present in the same location, is a fact of our modern, globalized business world. Virtual (or diverse and dispersed) teams are prevalent not only in multinational companies with offices in different countries, but also in academic and non-governmental institutions with bases across the world. In such team structures, members often have to communicate and collaborate with others who could be thousands of miles and many time zones apart.
As widespread as diverse and dispersed teaming is these days, leading a virtual team can be a challenge. Team leaders need to not only account for practical matters such as scheduling across time zones, but also technical issues such as varying rates of connectivity and access to communication platforms. However, one of the biggest factors in creating successful collaboration among diverse and dispersed teams is culture – specifically, tailoring the team’s mission, plans and procedures to the preferences of the different cultures represented on the team.
The following is a case study provided by a Cultural Navigator subject matter expert in diverse and dispersed teaming:
“A virtual team leader named Rebecca, originally from the United States, recently led a virtual project team with members from Japan, Mexico, Germany, Korea and the US. Rebecca was focused on setting the team up for success, and although she deliberately used strategies and tools made available by her company, she learned some valuable lessons along the way.
“Before initiating the project with a kick-off meeting, Rebecca made sure that everyone filled out their Cultural Orientations Indicator (COI) assessment to get to know their own work-style preferences. She then invited all members into a team message board on the Cultural Navigator, and encouraged them to share their profiles to better understand each other’s work-style preferences.
“The team was not able to have a face-to-face kick-off meeting, so during their first virtual meeting, every team member took time to introduce him or herself. The members talked about the different preferences in their team using the non-judgmental vocabulary of the Cultural Orientations Approach. At the end of the call, the team agreed on some ground rules for their upcoming teleconference and then closed the call.
“As the project continued, the team leader noticed that key team members were regularly not sharing their sales pipelines during their calls as agreed upon. Rebecca used humor during their sessions to lighten the mood, thinking some of the team members were nervous. However, she noticed the same people beg.
ECOM 201 Introduction to e-Management Case Study .docxtidwellveronique
ECOM 201: Introduction to e-Management
Case Study
1439-1440 H
2nd Semester
Virtual Team Successes and Stresses
A Case Study
As widespread as diverse and dispersed teaming is these days, leading a virtual team can be a
challenge. This case study offers ideas on making the best of diverse and dispersed team structures.
Virtual teaming, that is, working on teams whose members are not present in the same location, is
a fact of our modern, globalized business world. Virtual (or diverse and dispersed) teams are
prevalent not only in multinational companies with offices in different countries, but also in
academic and non-governmental institutions with bases across the world. In such team structures,
members often have to communicate and collaborate with others who could be thousands of miles
and many time zones apart.
As widespread as diverse and dispersed teaming is these days, leading a virtual team can be a
challenge. Team leaders need to not only account for practical matters such as scheduling across
time zones, but also technical issues such as varying rates of connectivity and access to
communication platforms. However, one of the biggest factors in creating successful collaboration
among diverse and dispersed teams is culture – specifically, tailoring the team’s mission, plans
and procedures to the preferences of the different cultures represented on the team.
The following is a case study provided by a Cultural Navigator subject matter expert in diverse
and dispersed teaming:
https://cas.seu.edu.sa/cas/login?service=https://lms.seu.edu.sa/webapps/bb-auth-provider-cas-BBLEARN/execute/casLogin?cmd=login&authProviderId=_105_1&redirectUrl=https://lms.seu.edu.sa/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp&sessionIdForLogout=5CD337C3E58DD15ECCAFFCFB223ACE53
“A virtual team leader named Rebecca, originally from the United States, recently led a virtual
project team with members from Japan, Mexico, Germany, Korea and the US. Rebecca was
focused on setting the team up for success, and although she deliberately used strategies and tools
made available by her company, she learned some valuable lessons along the way.
“Before initiating the project with a kick-off meeting, Rebecca made sure that everyone filled out
their Cultural Orientations Indicator (COI) assessment to get to know their own work-style
preferences. She then invited all members into a team message board on the Cultural Navigator,
and encouraged them to share their profiles to better understand each other’s work-style
preferences.
“The team was not able to have a face-to-face kick-off meeting, so during their first virtual
meeting, every team member took time to introduce him or herself. The members talked about the
different preferences in their team using the non-judgmental vocabulary of the Cultural
Orientations Approach. At the end of the call, the team agreed on some ground rules for their
upcoming teleconference and th.
ECOM 201 Introduction to e-Management Case Study 1439-1440 H 2.docxtidwellveronique
ECOM 201: Introduction to e-Management Case Study 1439-1440 H 2nd Semester
Virtual Team Successes and Stresses
A Case Study
As widespread as diverse and dispersed teaming is these days, leading a virtual team can be a challenge. This case study offers ideas on making the best of diverse and dispersed team structures.
Virtual teaming, that is, working on teams whose members are not present in the same location, is a fact of our modern, globalized business world. Virtual (or diverse and dispersed) teams are prevalent not only in multinational companies with offices in different countries, but also in academic and non-governmental institutions with bases across the world. In such team structures, members often have to communicate and collaborate with others who could be thousands of miles and many time zones apart.
As widespread as diverse and dispersed teaming is these days, leading a virtual team can be a challenge. Team leaders need to not only account for practical matters such as scheduling across time zones, but also technical issues such as varying rates of connectivity and access to communication platforms. However, one of the biggest factors in creating successful collaboration among diverse and dispersed teams is culture – specifically, tailoring the team’s mission, plans and procedures to the preferences of the different cultures represented on the team.
The following is a case study provided by a Cultural Navigator subject matter expert in diverse and dispersed teaming:
“A virtual team leader named Rebecca, originally from the United States, recently led a virtual project team with members from Japan, Mexico, Germany, Korea and the US. Rebecca was focused on setting the team up for success, and although she deliberately used strategies and tools made available by her company, she learned some valuable lessons along the way.
“Before initiating the project with a kick-off meeting, Rebecca made sure that everyone filled out their Cultural Orientations Indicator (COI) assessment to get to know their own work-style preferences. She then invited all members into a team message board on the Cultural Navigator, and encouraged them to share their profiles to better understand each other’s work-style preferences.
“The team was not able to have a face-to-face kick-off meeting, so during their first virtual meeting, every team member took time to introduce him or herself. The members talked about the different preferences in their team using the non-judgmental vocabulary of the Cultural Orientations Approach. At the end of the call, the team agreed on some ground rules for their upcoming teleconference and then closed the call.
“As the project continued, the team leader noticed that key team members were regularly not sharing their sales pipelines during their calls as agreed upon. Rebecca used humor during their sessions to lighten the mood, thinking some of the team members were nervous. However, she noticed the same people beg.
ECOM 201 Introduction to e-Management Case Study .docxtidwellveronique
ECOM 201: Introduction to e-Management
Case Study
1439-1440 H
2nd Semester
Virtual Team Successes and Stresses
A Case Study
As widespread as diverse and dispersed teaming is these days, leading a virtual team can be a
challenge. This case study offers ideas on making the best of diverse and dispersed team structures.
Virtual teaming, that is, working on teams whose members are not present in the same location, is
a fact of our modern, globalized business world. Virtual (or diverse and dispersed) teams are
prevalent not only in multinational companies with offices in different countries, but also in
academic and non-governmental institutions with bases across the world. In such team structures,
members often have to communicate and collaborate with others who could be thousands of miles
and many time zones apart.
As widespread as diverse and dispersed teaming is these days, leading a virtual team can be a
challenge. Team leaders need to not only account for practical matters such as scheduling across
time zones, but also technical issues such as varying rates of connectivity and access to
communication platforms. However, one of the biggest factors in creating successful collaboration
among diverse and dispersed teams is culture – specifically, tailoring the team’s mission, plans
and procedures to the preferences of the different cultures represented on the team.
The following is a case study provided by a Cultural Navigator subject matter expert in diverse
and dispersed teaming:
https://cas.seu.edu.sa/cas/login?service=https://lms.seu.edu.sa/webapps/bb-auth-provider-cas-BBLEARN/execute/casLogin?cmd=login&authProviderId=_105_1&redirectUrl=https://lms.seu.edu.sa/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp&sessionIdForLogout=5CD337C3E58DD15ECCAFFCFB223ACE53
“A virtual team leader named Rebecca, originally from the United States, recently led a virtual
project team with members from Japan, Mexico, Germany, Korea and the US. Rebecca was
focused on setting the team up for success, and although she deliberately used strategies and tools
made available by her company, she learned some valuable lessons along the way.
“Before initiating the project with a kick-off meeting, Rebecca made sure that everyone filled out
their Cultural Orientations Indicator (COI) assessment to get to know their own work-style
preferences. She then invited all members into a team message board on the Cultural Navigator,
and encouraged them to share their profiles to better understand each other’s work-style
preferences.
“The team was not able to have a face-to-face kick-off meeting, so during their first virtual
meeting, every team member took time to introduce him or herself. The members talked about the
different preferences in their team using the non-judgmental vocabulary of the Cultural
Orientations Approach. At the end of the call, the team agreed on some ground rules for their
upcoming teleconference and th.
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1. (Mt) – ECOM 201 SEU Virtual Team Successes and Stresses A Case
Saudi Electronic University College of Administrative and Financial Sciences Introduction to
E-Management ECOM 201 Project Assignment September 2019 Consider yourself as Global
Manager for one of the following Saudi companies: Jarir Bookstore, Baja, Al-Baik, Herfy or
Coffee Day. At present the company you’ll choose is planning to do business in the USA and
UK. You are required to develop a detail strategy on the following: Part 1: ✓Give a brief
introduction about the chosen company (history, products, etc) ✓Explain what type of
virtual management characteristics will be implemented and why? ✓How the virtual teams
will work together? ✓What tools are they using for communications and task management?
✓How you will manage the teams in both locations in terms of language, cultural, time,
political, and economical differences? Part 2: ✓What are techniques that you will be using
in order to create a strong team with a high level of teamwork? ✓What are the advantages
and disadvantages of managing a virtual team? ✓What type of conflicts might occur
between members? When it’s happened how will you solve it? ✓As a manager how you will
manage the outsourced projects? ✓What techniques that you will apply to encourage and
motivate your team for improvement? 1 Project report structure: ➢Title Page: the name of
the institution, the title of the report, the name of the author and then add the date. ➢
Abstract: Brief summary of your work. ➢Table of contents: 1.Introduction: Background or
introduction to state what the report is about. You must give the reader an overview of the
whole report. 2.Main Body of the report: Include your main work. 3.Conclusion.
4.References: Use APA style. Project Parts Part 1 Part 2 Due date End of week 9 Week 13
Marks 10 marks 10 marks Useful links: ➢
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-andpreparing-to-
write-assignments.pdf ➢APA reference system https://student.unsw.edu.au/apa ➢About
plagiarism http://wts.indiana.edu/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml ➢About plagiarism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism Guidelines for the project assignment: ✓This is
an individual project, which is part from your course score. It requires effort and critical
thinking. ✓Use font Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial. ✓Use 1.5 or double line spacing. ✓
Use the footer function to insert page number. ✓Ensure that you follow the APA style in
your project. ✓Your project report length should be between 1600 to 2000 words. 2 Virtual
Team Successes and Stresses A Case Study 8/8/2016 As widespread as diverse and
dispersed teaming is these days, leading a virtual team can be a challenge. This case study
offers ideas on making the best of diverse and dispersed team structures. Virtual teaming,
that is, working on teams whose members are not present in the same location, is a fact of
2. our modern, globalized business world. Virtual (or diverse and dispersed) teams are
prevalent not only in multinational companies with offices in different countries, but also in
academic and non-governmental institutions with bases across the world. In such team
structures, members often have to communicate and collaborate with others who could be
thousands of miles and many time zones apart. As widespread as diverse and dispersed
teaming is these days, leading a virtual team can be a challenge. Team leaders need to not
only account for practical matters such as scheduling across time zones, but also technical
issues such as varying rates of connectivity and access to communication platforms.
However, one of the biggest factors in creating successful collaboration among diverse and
dispersed teams is culture – specifically, tailoring the team’s mission, plans and procedures
to the preferences of the different cultures represented on the team. The following is a case
study provided by a Cultural Navigator subject matter expert in diverse and dispersed
teaming: “A virtual team leader named Rebecca, originally from the United States, recently
led a virtual project team with members from Japan, Mexico, Germany, Korea and the US.
Rebecca was focused on setting the team up for success, and although she deliberately used
strategies and tools made available by her company, she learned some valuable lessons
along the way. “Before initiating the project with a kick-off meeting, Rebecca made sure that
everyone filled out their Cultural Orientations Indicator (COI) assessment to get to know
their own work-style preferences. She then invited all members into a team message board
on the Cultural Navigator, and encouraged them to share their profiles to better understand
each other’s work-style preferences. “The team was not able to have a face-to-face kick-off
meeting, so during their first virtual meeting, every team member took time to introduce
him or herself. The members talked about the different preferences in their team using the
non-judgmental vocabulary of the Cultural Orientations Approach. At the end of the call, the
team agreed on some ground rules for their upcoming teleconference and then closed the
call. “As the project continued, the team leader noticed that key team members were
regularly not sharing their sales pipelines during their calls as agreed upon. Rebecca used
humor during their sessions to lighten the mood, thinking some of the team members were
nervous. However, she noticed the same people began to skip the calls, and were reluctant
to speak when they were in attendance.” In the above case study, the team leader Rebecca
had done her due diligence in preparing the team to accommodate different cultural
preferences among its members. But then she hit a snag. What had she done wrong? The
subject matter expert offered this reading of the situation: “In retrospect, Rebecca realized
that even though she had set ground rules, she could have had an individual talk with each
member before finalizing the team structure and processes. Perhaps in those discussions
she would have understood that Woo-jin, her Korean colleague, worked in a strict
hierarchical office environment and had to clear most decisions with his direct supervisor
before sending anything to her. Woo-jin had hoped his team leader realized he did not have
this approval, however Rebecca was not aware of this. Similarly, the Japanese team member
named Kamiko was concerned about the strict data protection laws in Japan, so she did not
feel comfortable sharing her sales pipeline information. Kamiko had tried to indirectly
convey this limitation to Rebecca, who wasn’t able to understand this message. As for
Rebecca’s use of humor during teleconferences, she did not realize how many cultural
3. references she was using in her jokes, which her colleagues from outside her own culture
had little understanding of.” In essence, while Rebecca began the team’s collaboration with
most of the components necessary for success, throughout the project duration, she learned
the hard way that cultural mishaps often stall even the best plan. While cultural due
diligence and careful preparation are necessary components of working with a virtual team,
the team leader and members need to exercise cultural awareness and cultural competence
all along the way. Though there can be challenges to working in diverse and dispersed
teams, they are a fact of modern work life. The good news is that, when managed well,
virtual teams can be as effective and productive as their traditional equivalents. Questions:
1) What did the team leader notice during the team meeting (calls) and what did she tried
to do to enhance the situation? 2) What should Rebeca had to do for each virtual worker
and why? 3) What were the special situations with the Korean and the Japanese workers? 4)
What the virtual leaders and the virtual members need to exercise? 5) How can the virtual
teams be as effective and productive as their traditional equivalents? Useful links: ➢
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-
writeassignments.pdf ➢APA reference system https://student.unsw.edu.au/apa ➢About
plagiarism http://wts.indiana.edu/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml ➢About plagiarism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism Guidelines for the project assignment: ✓✓✓✓✓
Use font Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial. Use 1.5 or double line spacing with left Justify
all paragraphs. Use the footer function to insert page number. Ensure that you follow the
APA style in your project. Your project report length should be between 400 to 600 words.