Question

Managers engage in "Planning" activities at all organizational levels, from strategic planning at the executive leadership level, to budgeting and other resource planning at middle management levels, to project, product, staffing, etc. (operational planning) at lower levels. How do these planning activities in a virtual organization differ from more traditional approaches?

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Answer 1

Planning activities in a virtual organization differ from more traditional approaches as follows-

1. Organisation level-

Virtual organisational structure is flatter as compared traditional organisation which is hierarchical.

2. Leadership level-

In virtual organisation, managers cannot physically control the day-to-day activities and monitor each employees  activities, therefore they need to delegate little more as compared to traditional approaches. Traditional organisation have a more command and control on employees.

3. Staffing-

In selecting employee in a traditional organisation, functional skills are taken into consideration, but in selecting a virtual member, it is required to evaluate core competencies such as computer literacy, dealing with different people along with functional skills

4.Decision making-

In virtual organisation  many a times delay occurs in fixing a problem , whereas in traditional teams a meeting can be called at any time of the day when all the members are present together in the office, resulting quick decisions and problem solving.