Talk:Virtual team/Archives/2014
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What is ISD?
What is ISD? Nurg (talk) 22:51, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Typically, Information Systems Development, or, for non-academics, software development. 198.137.20.42 (talk) 17:11, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
Disadvantages
Communication deficiency:
The biggest disadvantage that any virtual team can suffer from is the lack of efficiency in communication, partly due to constraints in virtual communication mediums. This is also primarily due to the fact that humans communicate better when they are able to communicate with their body language.[53] Additionally, there is an inability to establish common ground, which is essential for effective communication. Different types of media offer different costs that make common ground more difficult to establish.[1] Virtual teams also suffer from a lack of situation awareness due to not having shared visual information.[2] Inevitably, virtual teams may face obstacles due to restrictions of technology which in turn may lead to incorrect assumptions if a message is not laid out clearly. Failure to properly communicate and clearly address messages or emails could lead to frustration and eventually failure.
I would like to improve the disadvantages section by adding references to the Communication deficiency subsection and adding a link to Common Grounding. Let me know if there are any comments or suggestions!
Mwp2014 (talk) 16:36, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
- ^ Clark, Herbert H. & Brennan, Susan E. (1991). Grounding in communication. In L. B. Resnick, R. M. Levine, & S. D. Teasley (Eds.). Perspectives on socially shared cognition. (pp. 127-149). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- ^ Gergle, D., Kraut, R. E., & Fussell, S. R. (2013). Using Visual information for grounding and awareness in collaborative tasks. Human Computer Interaction.28, 1–39