| If you have been operating a virtual office, you | | | | are made, the updates are delivered as soon as |
| should have noticed some of the inconvenience | | | | they log on. |
| and dullness of having a virtual office. Everything is | | | | Besides that, there is also the problem on the |
| done over the internet and face to face | | | | physical contact exposure within virtual team |
| communication is minimized to the very least. It | | | | members. The employer therefore has to take |
| feels like everyone's going about their business | | | | pragmatic steps to strengthen the bonds within |
| and not giving a second thought to who's in the | | | | the virtual team. This can be done by treating |
| virtual team. | | | | them for dinner once in a while or simply going |
| The first problem that needs to be addressed is | | | | for a night out by clubbing. Team building activities |
| therefore communication. To ensure that | | | | like jungle trekking, camping, hiking, scuba diving |
| everyone stays in touch with each other and not | | | | and other recreational activities could also be |
| leave out some of the virtual team members, | | | | added into the list. This is because through such |
| there is a program called the groove virtual office. | | | | activities, the title of 'employer and employees' |
| Groove virtual office uses a peer-to-peer | | | | could be eliminated. Instead the term friends could |
| networking model to connect users within the | | | | be used. Since everyone is having fun, it could |
| team. They can hold online meetings, store files | | | | therefore lighten the mood as well as improve |
| and folders, save threaded discussions, scribble on | | | | relationship ties within the circle of team |
| whiteboards, share calendars, and track project | | | | members. |
| information and timelines. Groove virtual office | | | | So, in a way, office politics could be drastically |
| could also update each user on the changes made | | | | minimized and therefore maximizing productivity. |
| by anyone. If the users are offline when changes | | | | |