BUS610Week5DQ2VirtualOrganizationsDescribetheevolutionofthevirtualorganization.Whataretheprosandconsassociatedwiththisdesign?Provideexamplesofthreetechnologicaldevices/conceptsthathavehadthegreatestimpactonvirtualorganizations.AVirtualOrganizationisacompanywhoseemployeesworkapartthroughcomputersandusuallycommunicatethroughe-mailorgroupware,butlooklikeasingleorganizationinoneplace.Thetechnologiesoftodayallowformembersofthesegroupstomeetincyberspaceratherthaninphysicalspace.VirtualorganizationsusetheInternetanddifferentdigitaltechnologiestoachievecommongoals,suchascollaborating,sharinginformation,solvingproblems,andschedulingactivities.Theprosofavirtualorganizationarethatitreducestheamountoftravelingneeded,thereislesscostfortravel,andthere’salotofflexibilityasfarasworkhoursareconcerned.Theconsarethat“invirtualmeetings,paraverbalcuessuchasvoicetoneandinflection,andnonverbalcueslikeeyecontact,distance,gestures,andfacialexpression,cannotaseasilybetransmitted”(Baack,2012).Alsoit’sdifficulttosocializewithyourcoworkersinavirtualorganization.Thethreetechnologicaldevices/conceptsthathavehadthegreatestimpactonvirtual|\—StudyXYBUS 610 Week 5 DQ 2 Virtual Organizations
A discussion on the challenges and opportunities of managing virtual organizations.
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