The Handbook of High Performance Virtual Teams: A Toolkit for Collaborating Across Boundaries

Part VI. Tools and Assessments for Collaboration

The chapters that present a variety of tools and assessments for the virtual team begin with a framework for launching new teams in Chapter Nineteen. Virtual teams can equal the effectiveness levels that colocated teams achieve by taking into account the social, technical, environmental, and personal factors that enable members to be fully engaged. The launch of the team needs to address the cultural differences of members that result from geographical, educational, functional, religious, and experiential differences. The best way to get the team off to a good start is a face-to-face meeting using team charters, role clarification processes, operating guidelines, and communication technology-use ...