There are several different types of virtual companies:

1.Some remote team members 2. Split team 3. Satellite team members 4. 100% virtual teams 5. Outsourced team

• what are the characteristics of split team? explain.

 

1.Remote team members

A remote team is a group of professionals from different zones, having diverse skills and different culture working together on a project. Each teammate working from a separate location and working from different cities across time and space. Some teams meet at a specific location and sit in the office and others meet when they are working outside of an office.

When you are managing remote employees, challenges faced including project management, managing teams and keeping projects on time. There is surely a lot good about the remote working culture, like;

• A survey from Connect Solutions: 30% says they get more when time is less.
• 82% say they experience stress.

2.Split team.

Split teams manage to work by collaborating remotely but from two different locations, like one in Virginia and another team in Georgia. The two roughly equal teams work in different locations, but together they work remotely to achieve a common goal that the virtual company sent them for. Team members could also be working remotely in their respective locations, but there is still a hub for each team where the data are stored differently and will be reviewed to compare the findings.

3. Satellite team members

Satellite teams work together at the same spot or lets say there share offices. Each member is often able to operate independently but are still part of the larger company. The satellite team works with no traditional hierarchy, which creates a tight-knit team mentality with all focused minds on work approach to success. Reward this professional attitude is by helping them by making there work easier through giving the tools needed to work effectively.

4.100% virtual teams

A virtual team is a group of employees who share information and work together using digital tools. They can be located in the same physical space, are often distributed, they also work remotely in different parts of the city, country even other places in the world.

There are other names for virtual teams, such as "geographically dispersed'. They do this through the use of online tools, such as project management software, to communicate and collaborate.

Because of the distance between virtual teams, it is difficult that they develop trust in the group and create good communications in order to avoid unplanned misunderstandings.

5.Outsourced team

These are teams for hire or those that work on a contract for specified period of time mainly because the work is also a new project or its impromptu hence need to be looked at. The team may work together at a particular center or work at different locations and time zones , but striving to achieve the same goal.

Step-by-step explanation

What are the characteristics of split team? explain.

1. Team exhibit a global mindset - they look outward, not inward. Effective split team widen their focus from the local to the global, which indirectly creates an environment of respect. Respect generates buy-in, without which members can't take ownership of work product and work toward a common goal.
2. Split team share responsibility for achieving the mission. High-leveled performing teams have a sense of purpose where members incorporate their piece of the mission, leading to unfinished ideas, that defines working in a virtual environment. Team members grow an understanding about their mutual respectful dependence to achieve objectives.
3. Exercises the culture of openness which facilitates trust and authenticity. An effective team has to create and maintain an environment of team trust to put away miscommunications. They focus on behaviors and not personalities, because they know this personalizes trust.
4. Trust - Trust is the foundation of any successful relationship and it's important in building relationships. Split virtual teams have to be much more deliberate about focusing on building trust. There are four core elements of trust; competence, integrity, care, and dependability. Split team members can build trust by showing competence in their responsibilities, integrity in their actions, care by developing personal relationships with colleagues, and dependability by following through on commitments.
5. Attentiveness - when working with Split team, their the benefit of face to face communication, virtual team members have to work extra hard at being attentive through their verbal and electronic interactions. Leaders of virtual teams are always clear about encouraging participation, dealing with conflict, and appropriately rewarding and recognizing team members.
6. Communication - Body language shows how someone is passing information by communicating through showing of hands, moving of the mouth and even lots of gestures. Virtual team members have to work diligently on their tone of communications written, verbal and learn have a high outlook of the emotional content of the message being communicated.