Teams Working Remotely
With today's globalization of businesses and companies, there is a need for working remotely across different offices, countries and cultures. The only way companies can do this is through making a good use of distance communication tools along with the development of the technology skills, teamwork, intercultural and interpersonal effectiveness competencies of their employees.
These technology resources can help:
Teleconference - It is a telephone meeting among a number of people, involving technology more sophisticated than a simple two-way phone connection. At its simplest, a teleconference can be an audio conference with one or both ends of the conference sharing a speaker phone. Today's audio teleconferences are sometimes arranged over dial-up phone lines using bridging services that provide the necessary equipment for the call.
Videoconference - With considerably more equipment and special arrangements, a teleconference can be a conference, in which the participants can see still or motion video images of each other. Because of the high bandwidth of video and the opportunity for larger and multiple display screens, a videoconference requires special telecommunication arrangements and a special room at each end. As equipment and high-bandwidth cabling become more commonplace, it's possible that videoconferences can be held from your own computer or even in a mobile setting.
These technology resources can help:
Teleconference - It is a telephone meeting among a number of people, involving technology more sophisticated than a simple two-way phone connection. At its simplest, a teleconference can be an audio conference with one or both ends of the conference sharing a speaker phone. Today's audio teleconferences are sometimes arranged over dial-up phone lines using bridging services that provide the necessary equipment for the call.
Videoconference - With considerably more equipment and special arrangements, a teleconference can be a conference, in which the participants can see still or motion video images of each other. Because of the high bandwidth of video and the opportunity for larger and multiple display screens, a videoconference requires special telecommunication arrangements and a special room at each end. As equipment and high-bandwidth cabling become more commonplace, it's possible that videoconferences can be held from your own computer or even in a mobile setting.
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NetMeeting - A product developed by Microsoft Corporation that enables groups to teleconference using the Internet as the transmission medium. NetMeeting supports VoIP, chat sessions, a whiteboard, and application sharing. It's built into Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser.
LearnLink - Designed to integrate a variety of tools and services, including: Group Collaboration and Management; Course and Content Management; Discussion Boards/Instant Messaging; Shared Documents etc.
LearnLink - Designed to integrate a variety of tools and services, including: Group Collaboration and Management; Course and Content Management; Discussion Boards/Instant Messaging; Shared Documents etc.
However, for their REMOTE TEAMS be successful, companies must invest in increasing their awareness of cultural differences, and needed respect for all different cultural perspectives.
Ronaldo Costa Pinto
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