Challenges in the workplace: virtual team

Bc. Nadezda Kiseleva, BSc

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Due to the current situation associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, virtual teams are becoming increasingly popular among companies these days. Modern technologies and technical communication tools allow employees to work in virtual teams. This form of work can be beneficial and convenient for both employees and companies. Simultaneously, collaborating in a virtual team involves certain risks and difficulties that can be avoided if the process is appropriately organized. The primary purpose of this thesis is to identify the challenges associated with working in a virtual team. Additionally, give recommendations on how to deal with these issues of virtual collaboration. The first part of the thesis is a literature review, represented by various books, articles in scientific journals, Internet sources, and other scientific materials on virtual teams. The second part of the thesis is represented by own research, divided into two parts: a questionnaire that examines the most relevant challenges of virtual teams nowadays and interviews that allow exploring the topic in depth. Based on the literature review and research, the answers to how to cope with difficulties in a virtual team and make its work more effective were proposed.

Keywords

virtual challenges, efficient teamwork, international environment, management, multicultural team, online collaboration, teamwork, virtual communication, virtual team

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 31. 3. 2021

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Richard Selby, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / odbor:
Economics and Management / European Agrarian Diplomacy