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The virtual teams are increasingly utilized form of work teams when the team members are geographically dispersed, but being connected to each other via modern telecommunication means, work together over a certain issue or project. .
The teams differ from traditional industrial units of the company by operational mode. Members of the teams are selected according to the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to be effective member of the team. They assume the task and have more freedom in planning their work. Teams produce work that is based on collective effort. Team members also assume some of managerial functions. They are more lively involved in decision-making and implementation processes on the task team was given. As the task is assigned to the team as a whole, its members take joint decisions on work division among themselves, plan the work, set reasonable timeframe for its fulfillment, or define the stages of task implementation. They also decide on whether to enlarge or reduce the size of a team in order either to invite necessary specialists possessing relevant skills and experience, or to get rid of inefficient or poorly qualified team members. .
Instead of managers and supervisors teams have leaders. Teams can be classified into traditionally managed teams, when team leader is appointed by management, or self-managed teams, when team leader is elected by members of the team among themselves. The role of team leader is to ensure the fulfillment of task, and to serve as liaison between team and management. .
It was noticed that work teams are more efficient than traditional company units, when number of members of a team is neither too small, nor too large. Best range is 5-12 people.
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Work teams have proven to motivate employees and have better and more efficient utilization of their talents than traditional industrial unit. Creating a work team management seeks the positive synergy between the team members for increased performance.