Editing Virtual management (section)

=== Preparations ===
The initial task during the implementation of a team is the definition of the general purpose of the team together with the determination of the level of virtuality that might be appropriate to achieve these goals. These decisions are usually determined by strategic factors such as mergers, increase of the market span, cost reductions, flexibility and reactivity to the market, etc. Management-related activities that should take place during preparation phase includes mission statement, personnel selection, task design, rewards system design, choose appropriate technology and organizational integration.<ref name=":0" />

In regards to personnel selection, virtual teams have an advantage. To maximize outcomes, management wants the best team it can have. Before virtual teams, they did this by gathering the "best available" workers and forming a team. These teams did not contain the best workers of the field, because they were busy with their own projects, or were too far away to meet the group. With virtual teams, managers can select personnel from anywhere in the world, and so from a wider pool.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Malhotra|first=Arvind|year=2001|title=Radical Innovation Without Collocation: A Case Study at Boeing-Rocketdyne|url=http://kraut.hciresearch.org/sites/kraut.hciresearch.org/files/protected/malhotra01-RadicalInnovationWithoutCollocation.pdf|journal=MIS Quarterly|volume=25|issue=2|pages=229–249|doi=10.2307/3250930|jstor=3250930}}</ref>