Managing Virtual Teams - Canada

Prerequisites

In this Managing Virtual Teams training, there are no formal prerequisites.

Audience

Managing Virtual Teams training is specially designed for:

• Project Managers
• Virtual team leaders
• Remote team organisers
• Professionals who manage virtual teams
• Small business owners
• Telecommuting professionals
• Directors
• Entrepreneurs

Managing Virtual Teams​ Course Overview

Teams are the building blocks of an organisation. A virtual team is a group of people who regularly work interdependently for a joint objective across time, distance, and organisation. The most significant benefit of virtual teaming is that it enables organisations to be more manageable as well as procure expertise from multiple locations, functions and organisations without geographical restrictions. Virtual teams work across boundaries of time and space by utilising modern computer-driven technologies. The word “virtual team” is applied to incorporate a broad range of activities and forms of technology-supported working.

In this 1-day training, delegates will gain knowledge about the concepts of Virtual Teams. Delegates will also understand how they can manage the different challenges that occur in the Virtual Teams. Delegates will also attain knowledge of trust and communication factors in virtual teams.

This training will cover various concepts, such as:

• Fundamentals of Virtual Teams
• Stages of the virtual team development
• Impact of different cultures in virtual team and how to overcome these differences
• Trust and communication in Virtual Teams
• Measuring the performance of a Virtual Team

At the end of this training, delegates will understand how to maintain virtual leadership in the teams. Delegates will also gain the knowledge of elements which affect the performance of virtual teams and how they can keep the team motivated through best practices.

• Delegate pack consisting of course notes and exercises
• Manual
• Experienced Instructor
• Refreshments