The CEO tasks your virtual team in a Saudi digital marketing company to connect with a Chinese brand planning to open an office in Jeddah. The goal is to propose a strategy to the Chinese company representative and receive their feedback.
Reflection Guidelines for a Successful Virtual Team
1. Virtual Team (250 words)
Team Name & Focus: Name your team and specify the field.
Members & Roles: List team members and their roles.
Personal Objectives: State why each member joined the team.
Collective Goal: Define the teams success criteria.
Team Development: Describe the experience through Tuckmans stages.
2. Virtual Tools (700 words)
Tools Used: Main and complementary virtual tools (include pictures).
Tool Features: Describe useful features (include pictures).
Tool Selection: Explain why you chose these tools and other options considered.
Budget Management: Explain how you used a SAR 10k budget for the best tools.
Meeting Frequency: How often the team meets and meeting duration (include meeting photos).
Meeting Minutes: Example of ho
w minutes kept the team focused.
3. Virtual Work Dynamics (700 words)
Virtual Office Creation: Describe setting up a virtual office.
Technical Challenges: Explain technical issues faced.
Work Ethics/Culture: Examples of Chinese work ethics.
Vacation/Holiday Management: How vacations and holidays were utilized.
Communication Challenges: Issues with space, time, and cultural differences.
Solutions: How challenges were overcome from different roles perspectives.
4. Reports and Presentations (500 words)
Proposed Strategy Example: Strategy for a successful marketing campaign.
Report Content: 300-word report on field status and reaching the target audience.Introduction
Strategy
Conclusion
Graphs and Statistics: Include translated local resources.
Feedback & Response: Comments from the Chinese representative and team responses.
Conclusion
Teamwork Reflection: How teamwork was, improvements needed, and future success strategies.
The guidelines for the assignment and the presentation are in the files please make sure to follow all of them.