Name : Daniel Henson
Student number: 1420911/1
Title: Analysis of skills needed by international managers working with virtual global teams, compared to traditional team building skills needed to cope with heterogeneous groups from within a single culture.
Analysis of skills needed by international managers working with virtual global teams, compared to traditional team building skills needed to cope with heterogeneous groups from within a single culture.
Team working and team building skills are amongst the most important in the modern business environment. The degree of complexity in the modern business world means that teams are increasingly required to complete the majority of tasks within and across organisations, and thus managers are increasingly judged on their ability to manage said teams (Sahu, 2010). At the same time, the modern business world is increasingly becoming more international and global in nature, causing companies and managers to operate in a broad range of cultural contexts (Schneider and Barsoux, 2003).
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Team Building (Align)This has meant that managers increasingly work with global teams, and often global teams who rarely meet in person. These teams often have differences in cultural values due to differences in national culture, which can influence communications and effectiveness (Dutta, 2008). Indeed, the literature has demonstrated that cultural factors influence communication and business interactions, and can thus influence team outcomes (Venkateswaran and Tiwari, 2010). This paper will look to examine the extent to which the skills needed by international managers working with virtual global teams differ from the traditional team building skills needed to cope with heterogeneous groups from within a single culture, and also the implications of this for effective management of teams.
When considering the traditional team building skills needed to cope with heterogeneous groups from within a single culture, the primary theories which encompass this area are Tuckman's...