Accroding to Kuruppuarachchi (2009), what benefits and problems arise as a consequence of the creation of virtual team? Identify five each. Based on this, explain how to make the transition from a more traditional team structure to the more distributed team structure?

The transition from a traditional to a more distributed team requires technological abilities and a very well defined rules and responsibilities of the team members. There is the need for a leader that guide the rest of the team.


Benefits:

• No boundaries 
• No need to real time meetings
• Teams might allow people from different companies
• Adds flexibility and responsiveness
• It helps avoid social problems in interaction

Problems:

• Limited amount of people
• The different timezones could be negative for waiting answers from the other part
• Technology could fail, and so the communication
• Vulnerable to mistrust and conflict.
• Lack of direct managerial oversight of work undertaken in remote areas