Globally dispersed team management : research based on interviewing experts in virtual project management
Denisova, Valeriia (2015)
Denisova, Valeriia
Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201505127668
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201505127668
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The main objective of this thesis was to identify which virtual project management strategies and professional techniques are the most effective for running successful dispersed teams.
The purpose of the thesis was to gather practical information from the most successful virtual project managers of the world as well as the experts working in virtual organizations to research the crucial aspects of their virtual activities, professional management strategies, and the ways to overcome the obstacles of virtual projects' leadership.
The main idea is to prove virtual employment to be a future of jobs. It was essential to demonstrate that the most obstacles of distance work can be overcome with the help of an advanced project management, and the benefits virtual projects provide are worth an effort. Thus, the aim of writing this work is to illustrate that this innovative field of project management should not be longer ignored as it already exists for more than 20 years in the market. Virtual Project Management should be taught in universities as a separate unit of Master’s Programmes, because it includes very specific techniques and concepts of remote leadership which are going to be discovered later in this work.
Thus, apart from emphasizing numerous benefits of virtual projects, the following key topics of virtual management are going to be researched in-depth: Virtual Collaboration Management, Trust and Relationship Building, Setting Productive Virtual Communication, Social and Professional Isolation Management, Conflict and Cultural Differences Management, Logistics and Time Zones Management, Virtual Motivation and Creativity Management, the Control over Technological Difficulties, Virtual Collaborative Plat-form Administration, Virtual Work-Life Balance, Virtual Recruitment Process, Face-to-face Communication Management and many more individual approaches and profes-sional advice from the most successful remote project managers of the world.
Secondary research, predominantly based on world history and virtual project management literature review and the data of statistical research, was conducted to create the theoretical framework of this paper. It was partly used for an analysis of practical findings of the empirical part of the thesis.
Primary research was conducted in two forms in order to provide rich information and impactful quotes for the work. Fourteen experts in virtual project management were interviewed to get qualitative data and Virtual Project Management Online Questionnaire was run to provide quantitative results.
The theoretical framework includes numerous concepts related to virtual leadership strategy as well as the benefits and challenges of incorporating virtual projects within international companies. The practical findings were designed to be potentially usable for virtual project managers around the world.
The purpose of the thesis was to gather practical information from the most successful virtual project managers of the world as well as the experts working in virtual organizations to research the crucial aspects of their virtual activities, professional management strategies, and the ways to overcome the obstacles of virtual projects' leadership.
The main idea is to prove virtual employment to be a future of jobs. It was essential to demonstrate that the most obstacles of distance work can be overcome with the help of an advanced project management, and the benefits virtual projects provide are worth an effort. Thus, the aim of writing this work is to illustrate that this innovative field of project management should not be longer ignored as it already exists for more than 20 years in the market. Virtual Project Management should be taught in universities as a separate unit of Master’s Programmes, because it includes very specific techniques and concepts of remote leadership which are going to be discovered later in this work.
Thus, apart from emphasizing numerous benefits of virtual projects, the following key topics of virtual management are going to be researched in-depth: Virtual Collaboration Management, Trust and Relationship Building, Setting Productive Virtual Communication, Social and Professional Isolation Management, Conflict and Cultural Differences Management, Logistics and Time Zones Management, Virtual Motivation and Creativity Management, the Control over Technological Difficulties, Virtual Collaborative Plat-form Administration, Virtual Work-Life Balance, Virtual Recruitment Process, Face-to-face Communication Management and many more individual approaches and profes-sional advice from the most successful remote project managers of the world.
Secondary research, predominantly based on world history and virtual project management literature review and the data of statistical research, was conducted to create the theoretical framework of this paper. It was partly used for an analysis of practical findings of the empirical part of the thesis.
Primary research was conducted in two forms in order to provide rich information and impactful quotes for the work. Fourteen experts in virtual project management were interviewed to get qualitative data and Virtual Project Management Online Questionnaire was run to provide quantitative results.
The theoretical framework includes numerous concepts related to virtual leadership strategy as well as the benefits and challenges of incorporating virtual projects within international companies. The practical findings were designed to be potentially usable for virtual project managers around the world.