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Business
Change and Opportunities
Change management is an aspect that is vital for the success of a company. In contemporary world, with constant advancements and progressions in technology, change is an aspect that cannot be avoided by PM. Change management and restructuring, in addition to reorganization are all processes and practices denoted by the fact that they assess and weigh the fundamental structures with the key determination of changing such practices by way of directed and resounding interventions (Koper and Richter, 2014).
Change is inevitable. This is because with better and more progressive technologies, if a company does not choose to change and embrace it, then at the end it will become obsolete. In addition, as time passes on, the preferences of the consumers to whom the product and services the company serves continue to change and therefore for the organization to not only sustain its current consumer base and more so increase its consumer volume, the organization has to embrace change as these are aspects that cannot be evaded. In addition, this implies ensuring that the personnel or employees of the organization are prepared for change. Change management is imperative, as most individuals including employees are usually resistant to change (Pappas, 2006).
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In the contemporary times, in order to lead virtual teams it is important for a manager to be a serving manager rather than a directing manager. This is very consistent and applicable in the management setting of the present business environment. As majority of the organization are making use of virtual teams, it is imperative to make use of Theory Y, which was advanced by McGregor and Motivation-Hygiene theory by Herzberg that are in alignment with the hypothesis (Tyler, 2008).
About four-fifths of corporations make use of virtual personnel and this aspect t is bound to increase even more in the future. Ensuring that these diversified groups of employees concentrate on similar goals and objectives at harmonized and synchronized periods necessitates a different management method. Some of the main factors which bring about worker dissatisfaction with respect to Herzberg's theory such as relationships with leaders, supervision, workplace conditions, and relationship with colleagues can be directly alleviated by means of appropriate execution of virtual employee groups. The other two factors which encompass salary and policies, can be emphasized upon…
References
Koper B. & Richter G. (2014). Restructuring of Organisations and Potential Implications for their Staff. Bundesanstalt fur Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin
Pappas, L. (2006). The speed of change. PM Network. 20(4), 42-46.
Tyler, M. (2008). Virtual management of teams: A revolutionary approach. Proceedings from EABR & TLC '08: The European Applied Business Research Conference, and the College Teaching & Learning Conference. Rothenburg, GE: Clute Institute
When portals are designed to the specific requirements of Web 2.0 design objectives, companies with virtual teams are finding they can attain higher levels of shared task ownership as well. This is because there are significantly greater levels of trust overall throughout an organization based on the collective contributions of every member of a virtual and in-office team when they share their knowledge and information together (Mancini, 2010). Portals
The team must develop a system for sharing information so that nothing relevant to solving the problem is lost" (p. 360). This level of collaboration can be challenging even with traditional teams, though, but Roebuck et al. emphasize that what may appear irrelevant to one team member may be the key to achieving the team's goals. Therefore, it is important for team members to become accustomed to sharing as
Introduction The advent of technology has brought with itself various diverse changes. Advances in technology have effectively eliminated geographical barriers to communication and collaboration. As a matter of fact, the said changes have brought to the fore new possibilities for global organizations as far as teamwork is concerned. Thus it is now possible for people to undertake on common projects in a teamwork setting even if they are not in the
Virtual Collaboration Techniques The differences between virtual organizations and the traditional brick and mortar ones The Antecedents for a successful virtual collaboration The advantages of virtual collaboration Disadvantages of virtual collaboration Virtual collaboration is indicated by Chen, Volt and Lin (77) to involve the processes of collaboration between team members who are involved in working towards the achievement of a common goal, in a classroom or a workplace setting. Virtual collaboration, they noted also refers
Teams provide inducement to work in a set up. Functioning as a group ensures effective and proficient performance of the jobs. This facilitates harmonization with different team members and also results in dissemination of the ideas and knowledge among them. (Teams and Teamwork) The convention of functioning in groups is more and more common in different types of organization. The members from different department are taken together to form teams
It is important to ensure that the team for any specific task comprises members who are knowledgeable and posses the required skills needed to carry out the task. Teams should also try to work across organizational boundaries/levels and break down internal barriers and deal with people and issues directly and avoid hidden agendas from both within the group and from external sources. Prior to selecting team members, the purpose and the