To begin with, the virtual team is defined as the team whose members are separated by physical distance but are united by a shared goal. Generally, it consist of talent across geographies and time zones. The interactions among the members of a virtual team are mediated online by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools like Skype,Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp. On the other hand, face to face teams consist of a group which operate in physical proximity like meetings and discussions. So what is the best way to highlight the differences between these two forms?

In fact, there are a common situations and steps which any team have to go through to success in their tasks. Surely, the differences between the virtual and the face-to-face teams will be highlighted and explained in a better manner if it is explained step by step.

First of all, the importance of setting and determining the team Structure. In a virtual teams, structure and hierarchies is critically important to deliver results in a fast and accurate manner. That is because if the virtual communications if there is no leader and a clear stated responsibility the overall performance of the team will face a massive negative effects. But in the case of the normal face to face team, it usually more fixable in that process as the physical interaction play an effective role in handling conflicts and exchanging information. 

Secondly, the Decision-making process. In case of virtual teams, members had a very limited or no informal access to the updates. Hence there is a need for more frequent sharing of the data to provide all the information to the team updated. Considering the time zone differences as one member were abroad, it becomes difficult to schedule meetings. Thus in case of virtual teams many a times delay occurs in fixing a problem or reaching a consensus. Whereas when the team member form a meeting, a quick decisions and problem solving as the information is being exchanged easily.

• Involves others in the decision-making process - A good team players often give others the chance of being involved in the decision making process so that ideas can be shared and there are no conflicts in between the team members after a certain decision was made. Example, during my teams' visit to the Museum Negara all three of our team members were involved in the decision-making process on which assignments should we concentrate during the trip and which one of us should be assigned on which task to concentrate on. 
• Respects and is tolerant of individual differences - One should always tolerate and respect different characteristics and not make fun or disrespect them. In our Group Assignment discussion, we had several difficulties with one of our team members' accent which made it difficult in our discussion. However we did respect our team member and not offend him . Hence,we tried to adapt to his accent and ask questions if we do not understand him.
• Understand and is committed to the team's objective. - A good team player is always aware of the team's objectives and give his 100% commitment to achieve the objective together with his work teams. In our group assignment team all three of our teams members were clear about objectives that was to complete our group assignments properly, on time, not to do last minute works and lastly to score a minimum of 80% from our 50 marks allocated for the assignments. 
• Trusts, supports, and has genuine concern for other team members - It is important that there's trust, support and concern among the members in a team to achieve their given objectives. Trust, support and concern is a must as it will boost the confidence of the members in a team because they know they have a team that trust, supports and is concern about them. In our team, every team member are assigned a task to complete in the given group assignments. This is because each team members know that they have the trust, support and concern of the other team member to complete the assignments.

BY : BUD WILKINSON

Suggest the types of leadership styles

Participative Leadership Style

• Managerial style that invites input from all members in group decision.

• Involvement in decision-making improves the understanding of the issues.
• Members are more committed to actions and make better decisions than one person alone.
• Less competitive and more collaborative.

• Social

  commitment to one another is greater.

BY JOHN MAXWELL

Recommend practical interpersonal communication for leaders

Interpersonal skill is the ability to interact effectively with other people. These skills is important in our group and the management of the museum to provide good customer service, resolve conflicts well ,foster effective workplace communication ,work well in team environments ,adapt well to changes in the workplace ,convey professionalism and make good leaders.

During the museum visit, many teams were collaborating and operating to achieve their sets of goals. It is a fact that there are different types of work teams and each one is ideal for some specific situation, so which is the most suitable type of work team on the museum. 

To be able to answer this question, it is important to identify the working environment which the team was facing in the museum during our visit. In my point of view, the university students were facing a collaborative and task-oriented working environment as they had a task of collecting an information for their studies. In the case of that environment, the most suitable types of work teams is the self-managed work team. That is due to many advantage which this type have. Those advantages include the fact that in this work team, all members are equally involved in work-related decisions and processes led to both the development of the team and the task achievement. Moreover, the self-managed work team operates and holding responsibility without a manager (formal manager with a real authority) as they practice self-management and every member is self-motivated. That considered an important advantage as it is hard to determine a manager in the case of students. Furthermore, all the members have to help in planning and scheduling work, assigning tasks, controlling the pace of work, and taking action on problems. That develop the skills of all the members and help in forming friendly connections between them.

In a nutshell, there many factors that make a working team successful. A work team is essential in any workplace. A good work team will determine whether it will be successful or not successful. Success lies on a thin thread, a good team will lead to success while an not so good team will lead to failure.Therefore,team member selection is very important, as is it ensures that the team purpose is clear and agreed upon.Moreover, it doesn't matter whether the team is a virtual or face to face team because cooperation between team members is utmost important.A good team player is vital in a work team. Every individual character or behavior of team members will also influence the work team working together. Being a good leader is very important. A good leader will lead and guide his members towards a common goal.Hence,the leader should also posses a few skills including interpersonal skill to interact effectively with other people.

The Team Should Follow The Principle of

"ALL FOR ONE RATHER THAN ONE FOR ALL"