Track: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to draw a map which allows a Virtual Team to be utilized efficiently in different organizations in consideration with types of personalities, which facilitates deployment of the same. Virtual teams and e-collaborations are a suggested substitute to traditional formats of bulk working style and enables to remove constraints like physical space and time. Virtual teams if driven by meticulous planning, able leadership, interpersonal trust and effective utilization of ICT will help in achieving efficiency in the supply chain for different type of organizations. In general ICT, organizational functions and traits of supply chain participants must synchronize in a way which creates an environment of a lean process and thus helps the supply chain to compete with the other existing supply chains of different organizations. This study focuses mainly on the best fit of the discussed vital factors which are somehow neglected or were not considered in the previous researches.

Keywords

Virtual Team, Personality styles, Organizational Strategy, Supply chain strategy, ICT (Information and communication Technology) in supply chain management.