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Virtual Team Leadership and Operation in the Automotive Industry: Profile of a Research Case Study

Authors:
Anatoli Quade
Martin Wynn
David Dawson

Keywords: Project management; virtual teams; virtual leadership; German automotive industry; V-CORPS model

Abstract:
The impact of digitalisation on industry and society at large is huge and has parallels with the advent of the internet more than twenty years ago. In the automotive sector, companies are also confronted with the implications of the so called megatrends of connected car, autonomous vehicles, sharing/subscription, and electrification, which are challenging current business models and working practices. This has brought about new approaches to project management practices, notably those relating to collaborating over distance between and within dispersed teams. Researchers and practitioners have started to think more comprehensively about the complexity of projects with virtual teams, and how best to manage them. This article is the result of the distillation of relevant literature relating to virtual teams and the analysis of in-depth interviews undertaken with industry experts. It puts forward a model (V-CORPS) for virtual team leadership and management. The authors believe these results can be of value in providing guidance for practitioners working in virtual teams, and as an analytical framework for further research studies in this field.

Pages: 82 to 93

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2021. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 31, 2021

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2679