Student teams will write an issue paper. Students will pick a topic relevant to teams and collaboration (Barriers to collaboration) and write an in-depth report about that issue. The issue paper may be between 1000-1500 words per team member. Each team member will select a sub-topic (barriers to virtual communication in collaboration) within the chosen topic. The paper should flow smoothly and feel like a coherent document. Each team member’s contribution and word count should be explicitly stated in the report.

All submissions should be in MS-Word or PDF, Formatting should be Calibri, 12 Point, Double Spaced, and with 1″ margin on all sides.

My part is to talk about barriers to virtual communication in collaboration, This is an issue paper, so I would need references also.

everything in the description, so simply my group overall topic is “barriers to collaboration” and the sub-topic I am in charge of is virtual communication; so linking this to the main topic and adding some refrences should be perfect.

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Virtual collaboration is a method a virtual team collaborates via technology-mediated communication to achieve common goals. The parties do not physically interact and communicate only via technology channels. The information present in visual, written digital form and face-face communication is stimulated through virtual collaboration. Due to physical separation, Virtual collaboration helps the parties to share the knowledge and exchange information who cannot physically communicate. In virtual collaboration, parties share information via platforms such as the internet, such as video conferencing, email, virtual workspaces, and audio conferencing (Karpova et al., 2009).  However, virtual collaboration is facing several barriers.

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