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This 3 page paper discusses the virtual office, as well as real-time and virtual communications. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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considers what we mean by "virtual" when we discuss a virtual organization and virtual communications. Discussion A virtual organization, as the name implies, is not an organization in the traditional
sense, but a temporary structure. A formal definition from the Web is: "a temporary network of companies, suppliers, customers, or employees, linked by information and communications technologies, with the purpose
of delivering a service or product" (Virtual organization, 2007). Such an organization can span a country or the globe, brings various people together "in strategic partnering or outsourcing arrangements" and
lasts only until the project is finished (Virtual organization, 2007). Such an organization is "virtual" because it exists mostly in cyberspace, and also because it is "unconstrained by the traditional
barriers of time and place" (Virtual organization, 2007). For a virtual organization to function properly, coworkers, employers and employees have to have a great deal of trust in each other,
since they will only be working together a small fraction of the time (Virtual organization, 2007). The student will have to describe any particular communications within their company in order
to bring the personal information into the discussion, particularly as it concerns strengths and weaknesses. However, the question of how communication generally flows within an organization depends on what type
of organization it is. In a traditional hierarchical structure; that is, one in which there is a clearly defined chain of command, with a "boss" at the top, "vice presidents"
under him, "managers" under them and employees at the bottom, communication is likely to be vertical, and downward (Communicating within the organization). The boss will make a decision at the
top, and then issue "orders" or simply inform others in the company of that decision and what he expects them to do to implement it (Communicating within the organization). Communication
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