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The Virtual Team Challenge: Is It Time For Training?

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  • TERRY SCHUMACHER

    (Department of Engineering Management, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN 47803, USA)

  • LANCE POEHLER

Abstract

There has been considerable growth in the use of Virtual Teams in the past decade, and further growth is broadly assumed. Researchers investigating Virtual Teams describe problems these teams encounter, assert that training for virtual team assignments is necessary, and offer suggestions on the issues that such training should address. Further evidence of the training need is that a fortune 100 company employed the primary author to develop the initial version of a virtual team training simulation for their internal use. The 'Virtual Team Challenge' is being used in the Rose-Hulman Project Management course. Participants manage a simulated project for three hours. To successfully complete the project within schedule, they must avoid or resolve problems typically encountered by virtual teams. Participants receive advice and are guided to adopt best practices as defined by our literature review and those offered by the client.

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  • Terry Schumacher & Lance Poehler, 2009. "The Virtual Team Challenge: Is It Time For Training?," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 6(02), pages 169-181.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:06:y:2009:i:02:n:s0219877009001625
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877009001625
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    1. Olga Marinova, 2022. "Management And Organization Of It Teams Remotely – The New Reality," INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE "HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT", University of Economics - Varna, issue 1, pages 192-199.

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