Virtual Meetings
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Virtual Meetings
There are many different kinds of teams, from sports teams to debate teams and workplace teams. As defined by Bucher (2010), “a team is simply a number of people who are involved in a cooperative effort.” Focusing on workplace teams, specifically virtual teams, those involved must be there to create a cooperative effort for teamwork to be present. Virtual meetings create different obstacles because the individuals are not face to face and only have what each other say to make their impressions and perceptions. Teams must be open to discuss, share, learn, and seek information and knowledge.
The University of Phoenix simulation (2009), goes through a virtual meeting scenario with Pablo, Sam and Lifang Lin who are all from different locations and cultures. The obstacles that they encounter include accents, stereotypes, culture, ego and gender. There are remarks made based on one’s culture and stereotypes brought up. It is assumed that because Lifang Lin is a woman that the two gentlemen tended to leave her out of conversation and not recognize that she was there.
Sam, who is from the U.S., made many offensive comments that I would have found very derogatory if they had been stated to me; pretty much everything out of his mouth I would find to be completely rude. He made a comment to Pablo that he wants to “build a higher wall along the border there so y’all don’t keep coming over into America and ruining things for the rest of us,” (University of Phoenix, 2009). He also states about taking “siestas” and calling him “Senor Pablo” and that he “don’t hablo espanol or anything like that.” These comments alone if directed at me I would assume that he thinks I am inferior to him.
Pablo on the other hand makes comments to boost his own ego and show everyone that he intends to be the leader, he is superior in the fact that he is considered handsome and he is the leader and has accomplished so much. It is as if he believes that this is...
There are many different kinds of teams, from sports teams to debate teams and workplace teams. As defined by Bucher (2010), “a team is simply a number of people who are involved in a cooperative effort.” Focusing on workplace teams, specifically virtual teams, those involved must be there to create a cooperative effort for teamwork to be present. Virtual meetings create different obstacles because the individuals are not face to face and only have what each other say to make their impressions and perceptions. Teams must be open to discuss, share, learn, and seek information and knowledge.
The University of Phoenix simulation (2009), goes through a virtual meeting scenario with Pablo, Sam and Lifang Lin who are all from different locations and cultures. The obstacles that they encounter include accents, stereotypes, culture, ego and gender. There are remarks made based on one’s culture and stereotypes brought up. It is assumed that because Lifang Lin is a woman that the two gentlemen tended to leave her out of conversation and not recognize that she was there.
Sam, who is from the U.S., made many offensive comments that I would have found very derogatory if they had been stated to me; pretty much everything out of his mouth I would find to be completely rude. He made a comment to Pablo that he wants to “build a higher wall along the border there so y’all don’t keep coming over into America and ruining things for the rest of us,” (University of Phoenix, 2009). He also states about taking “siestas” and calling him “Senor Pablo” and that he “don’t hablo espanol or anything like that.” These comments alone if directed at me I would assume that he thinks I am inferior to him.
Pablo on the other hand makes comments to boost his own ego and show everyone that he intends to be the leader, he is superior in the fact that he is considered handsome and he is the leader and has accomplished so much. It is as if he believes that this is...