These numerous issues are problems to overcome to maintain virtual teams as a viable option. The shift to encompass virtual teams has come from the need to stay up to speed with the ever evolving technology of the world. Virtual teams must deal with their differences from traditional teams to create their own solutions to these new problems. These new virtual teams needed a change in leadership styles and communication to stay current with the ever changing technological world. In order to stay abreast with the technological advancements, businesses must employ these new techniques to stay relevant in the ever changing world. This also means that the academic world which is preparing students to enter the workforce must also adapt to include these new …show more content…
This contributes to creating better teamwork in face to face groups but lowers productivity. Traditional teams tend to conceptually understand topics (Ebrahim, Ahmed, & Taha, 2009). Virtual teams performance was higher than that of the traditional team. The platform used for virtual teams achieves greater task completion than using less rich media (Ebrahim, Ahmed, & Taha, 2009). The virtual teams have an easier time of staying on task to finish a project but they also have a harder time developing camaraderie due to this. Virtual teams also tend to be more creative because they have wider ranges of ethnicities and backgrounds to bring more to the table. This would also increase the performance of the virtual