CHALLENGES OF A VIRTUAL TEAM – Myint Myat Thazin

Abstract:

The purpose of this diploma thesis is to identify the concept of a virtual team, and it is specifically concerned with the significant challenges of a virtual team as well as aimed to suggest the recommendations on how to overcome those challenges by using the findings from the own research. In order to cover the background knowledge about the topic, this thesis reviews the importance of the teams for the organizations, the popularity of the virtual team in these days, the main aspects of a virtual team including its characteristics, scope, types, and challenges, and most importantly, advantages and disadvantages of managing the virtual teams comparing to the traditional teams in the theoretical part of this diploma thesis. In the practical part, own research questionnaire was conducted in order to investigate the challenges of a virtual team in real practice. The questionnaire was distributed online and mostly delivered to the employees of IT industries across Southeast Asia and Czechia. The collected data were analyzed by using data visualization tool, Power BI, and the analysis results provide support for the reviewed challenges of a virtual team to a certain degree. According to the analysis results, recommendations to overcome those challenges were proposed. Finally, in the conclusion, the author recommends further investigation on the potential effects of emotional responses by virtual workers. …víceméně