Working in global virtual teams: global competence for international professionals

About this programme

Global Virtual Teams is an increasingly common way of working, with its own unique challenges. This course will help you understand and navigate these, strengthen your global skills and prepare you to succeed in a global landscape of virtual teamwork. Choose semester and course offering to see current information and more about the course, such as course syllabus, study period, and application information. Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format. The course explores, and lets participants discuss and relate their own experiences to, key areas for social interaction in global virtual team environments, for example team building, negotiation of roles and deadlines, asynchronous and synchronous communication, navigation in different time zones and legal standards, feedback and criticism, and use of and consequences of technology in and for team communication. Theories and models are introduced to help students better understand common sources of, and discuss possible solutions to, problems in virtual international team environments, with a focus on communication as an aspect of global competence and technological tools for teamwork. Group work. The overall aim of the course is to strengthen the global competence required for efficient communication in global virtual team environments. After passing the course, the student should be able to: Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.