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Assignment 2


A) How many articles available in Business Source Complete relating to ONE specific term
(such as global virtual teams, cross-cultural management, expatriates, etc.),

Global virtual teams 29,796
Cross-cultural management 27,279
Expatriates 36,097


B) How many articles among the articles found from A are COMBINED BOTH (not
separately) Full Text AND from Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals

Global virtual teams 9,643
Cross-cultural management 21,626
Expatriates 9,661


C) Write down the ISSN number for following two articles in databases:

Title: Global Virtual Teams
Author: Dub, Line; Par, Guy.
Source: Communications of the ACM, 2001, 44(12), p71-73
ISSN: 0001-0782

Title: Critical Success Factors for Global Virtual Teams
Author: Goodbody, Jenny
Source: Strategic Communication Management, 2005, 9(2), p18-21.
ISSN: 1363-9064








Summary of Global Virtual Teams
Author: Dub, Line; Par, Guy

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This article Global Virtual Teams (GVTs) of Dub, Line and Par, Guy is discussing about the
challenges and strategies they found out from interviewing Global virtual team leaders and
members about GVTs across different countries. Basically, article is giving an insight about
virtual teams issues and their solution which are now widely used in any organization today.
These GVTs is different from localized teams in lot of different aspects. As GVTs members are
extended across different countries they rarely meet face-to-face during the course of their
project and due to that they may run in to enormous problems such as miscommunication,
missing deadlines, cultural barriers, technical issues, etc. Secondly, it is very important to invest
in right technology for GVTs to work efficiently otherwise it could be a big roadblock in success
of the project. Along with new technology it is also important to train all GVTs member and
make them feel comfortable with new technology which will help the project to achieve its goal.
Sometime with best technology in place GVTs leaders has to also consider about other issues
such as cultural difference or a lack of physical interaction and as per article this can be solved
by doing a videoconferencing for the initial meeting. Finally, GVTs is a challenging job for GVT
members and especially for GVTs leader because a project leader not only focuses on project but
he also need to be mindful of different team members and the barriers of that project gets it due
to being a Global Virtual team.





Summary of Critical Success Factors for Global Virtual Teams
Author: Goodbody, Jenny
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In todays world global virtual teams plays a vital role in multinational companies to achieve
their goals and to be successful. However, according to Jenny Goodbody article, researchers
articulate that the typical success rate for global virtual teams is less than 30 percent. Jenny
Goodbody is global change manager and in this article she is sharing her own experience of
global virtual team along with the critical success factors. According to Jenny Goodbody before
planning a global virtual team, an organization should first evaluate the success factors require
for establishing a global virtual team. Since the team is based all over the world and it is
involved with different cultural people who have rarely met each other personally, so it is very
challenging to get the higher success rate for global virtual team. Some teams in past has
definitely got a success in global virtual team, but they have to be mindful of three categories
Team formation, Trust and collaboration, and most important Team communication. It is very
important that the above mentioned three categories required a deep knowledge to successfully
run a global virtual team. As per article writer in past organization used to had mixed success
with virtual teams where teams were thrown in deep end while struggling to survive, but today
global virtual team are used commonly and mostly all organization are learning to develop
through this king of article a successful roadmap. Hence, Jenny Goodbody has elaborately
specified a detail success road map for a global virtual team along with her personal experience
and insight to the multination companies.




My Comments

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Article 1: Global Virtual Teams
According to my perception, Dub, Line and Par, Guy has given a very good insight of Global
virtual teams. I think it is very challenging job to be a part of Global Virtual team member or a
leader because it has so many difficulties such language barrier, cultural differences,
communication issues, and technology proficiency. My personal preference would be to work as
face-to-face, but I know that in todays world if you want to grow then you have to be flexible to
reach your goals.

Article 2: Critical Success Factors for Global Virtual Teams

Jenny Goodbody has done a fabulous job describing detail success road map for a global virtual
team along with her personal experience and insight to all global virtual teams, organizations,
schools and all other places where they work in virtual team formation. I personally believe that
the three categories she gave Team formation, Trust and collaboration, and Team communication
is very essential in every virtual team, even in our class group project it is critical success factor
to be mindful off.