Virtual Team Building and Management - Online Course - CPD Accredited

Virtual Team Building and Management - Online Course - CPD Accredited.

Welcome to our online Virtual Team Building and Management training course. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).

There are an estimated one billion virtual workers in 2012, and the number is expected to continue climbing well into the future. With a global workforce, you are provided with a cost-effective and talented pool of employees to draw from. With a virtual team, you are given a ‘Follow the Sun’ production environment.

With a virtual team, you have the typical issues of a localised team, with the additional challenges of distance and cultural differences. Our online Virtual Team Building And Management training course gives learners the knowledge to work with these challenges and succeed in a growing global workforce.

Certificate duration: 2 years

Entry requirements: No entry restrictions

Recommended prerequisites: N/A

Assessment type: End of course assessment

Assessment pass mark – 80% needed to pass and gain a CPD certificate

Cost(s) of assessment and certification – All costs included in the course price

Awarding/Accrediting body – CPD Certification Service (CPDUK)

Virtual Team Building and Management - Online Course - CPD Accredited.

Course aims

With a virtual team, you have the usual issues of a localised team, with the additional challenges of distance and cultural differences. Our online Virtual Team Building and Management training course gives participants the knowledge to work with these challenges and succeed in a growing global workforce.

Learning outcomes

The learning outcomes of this online Virtual Team Building and Management training course are to:

• Know the keys to establish a virtual team
• Learn how to hold productive meetings and group sessions
• Learn effective ways to communicate with team members
• Use tools to build trust and confidence among employees
• Know how to handle poor performing employees
• Know how to manage a virtual team during any project.

What is a virtual team?

A virtual team (also known as a geographically dispersed team, distributed team, or remote team) usually refers to a group of individuals who work together from different geographic locations and rely on communication technology such as email, FAX, and video or voice conferencing services to collaborate.

A virtual team can also refer to groups or teams that work together asynchronously or across organisational levels. Powell, Piccoli and Ives (2004) define virtual teams as:

“groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed workers brought together by information and telecommunication technologies to accomplish one or more organisational tasks.”

According to Ale Ebrahim et al. (2009), virtual teams can also be defined as:

“small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed knowledge workers who coordinate their work predominantly with electronic information and communication technologies to accomplish one or more organisation tasks.”

Members of virtual teams communicate electronically and may never meet face-to-face. Virtual teams are made possible by a proliferation of fibre optic technology that has significantly increased the scope of off-site communication. Virtual teams allow companies to procure the best talent without geographical restrictions. According to Hambley, O’Neil, & Kline (2007);

“virtual teams require new ways of working across boundaries through systems, processes, technology, and people, which requires effective leadership… despite the widespread increase in virtual teamwork, there has been relatively little focus on the role of virtual team leaders.”

Why is this online Virtual Team Building and Management training course relevant?

Virtual teams can feel very lonely. Remote employees are typically focused on their silo and rarely interact informally with their peers and managers like they would in a regular office.

Meetings, in particular, can feel very transactional and dry. This is one significant disadvantage of virtual teams – you lose what’s called the ‘water cooler’ effect in a regular office, where team members bump into each other at the water cooler and talk about things unrelated to work.

Although such minor interactions can be trivial, their impact is quite significant on team performance. They have a tremendously positive effect on overall team morale and happiness.

What is covered in this course?

This online Virtual Team Building and Management training course includes the following:

• Module One: Getting Started
• Module Two: Setting Up Your Virtual Team (I)
• Module Three: Setting Up Your Virtual Team (II)
• Module Four: Virtual Team Meetings
• Module Five: Communication (I)
• Module Six: Communication (II)
• Module Seven: Building Trust
• Module Eight: Cultural Issues
• Module Nine: To Succeed with a Virtual Team
• Module Ten: Dealing with Poor Team Players
• Module Eleven: Choosing the Right Tools
• Module Twelve: Wrapping Up

Virtual Team Building and Management - Online Course - CPD Accredited.

This online Virtual Team Building and Management training course is suitable for those who want to know more about tried and tested methods of team building for geographically dispersed teams.

Virtual Team Building and Management - Online Course - CPD Accredited.

Learn anywhere, anytime on any device.

You will need access to a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone device to complete these online courses. You can start, pause/stop and return to where you left off.

Our courses utilise responsive design features, making them available on any device of your choice.

Virtual Team Building and Management - Online Course - CPD Accredited.

Our online courses and programmes range from introductory modules at Level 1 (awareness/beginner) to advanced and expert modules up to Level 6.

Our e-learning modules count towards CPD hours for professionals in various sectors as well as meeting mandatory and statutory requirements (where relevant).

Virtual Team Building and Management - Online Course - CPD Accredited.

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