Implementing a Successful
Virtual Workforce
MGT 651
November 21, 2007
Ramkumar Kuzhipully
Sitting at home in a flannel robe and fuzzy slippers, drinking coffee with the dog lying at one’s feet is the dream of many workers, and it’s happening more and more all the time. The advent of teamwork is nothing new, but cyberspace is providing a forum for the workplace that is revolutionary in bringing teams together. Technologically-connected people are the basis for the term virtual teams. Virtual teams refer to any team of geographically dispersed employees working together electronically who share responsibility for the team’s results (Malhotra, Majchrzak, & Rosen, 2007). Several companies, both global and domestic, have jumped on the virtual workplace bandwagon in recent years. It is estimated that 14% of the workforce performs from home at least two days each week, up from 11% in 2004, and this figure is expected to increase to 17% by 2009 (King, 2007).
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