The Effect of Virtual Teams on Business Performance

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The purpose of this paper is to find out the importance of video conferencing as it relates to the success of virtual project teams. Being an innovative technology, this field requires a thorough rese... arch to get insight about the benefits that can be obtained and to think about further improvements in it (Denstadli, 2004). Video conferencing has already shown its value because of being cost effective and fast with which it helps accomplish the decision-making process among the virtual team members. Virtual team members are defined as the members of the team, which is interconnected through the digital devices of the modern technological era. It allows the immediate conduct of discussion and prevents the chance of lack of connectivity because of larger distances (Suh, 1999). Video conferencing is definedas the tool of telecommunication whereby the people belonging to different localities or different buildings are connected through the online video broadcast (Clisham et al., 2002). The major benefit of video conferencing includes its ability to keep the meetings focused as compared to the face to face discussion (Townsend, DeMarie, & Hendrickson, 1998). Because of the continuous interaction between the owners and the employees, the efficiency of work can be ensured to a greater extent. [Show More]

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