NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Student: Tereasa King THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Follow these procedures: If requested by your instructor, please include an assignment cover sheet. This will become the first page of your assignment. In addition, your assignment header should include your last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number. This should be left justified, with the page number right justified. For example: KingTHRM Save a copy of your assignments: You may need to re-submit an assignment at your instructor’s request. Make sure you save your files in accessible location. Academic integrity: All work submitted in each course must be your own original work. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by your instructor. Knowingly submitting another person’s work as your own, without properly citing the source of the work, is considered plagiarism. This will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course. It may also result in academic dismissal from the University. 4 Faculty Use Only

Understanding virtual team skills and technology

Introduction This training program involves the use of groupware by all stakeholders. This training program involves the use of groupware by all stakeholders. All concerned parties must learn the use of teleconferencing and video conferencing. All concerned parties must learn the use of teleconferencing and video conferencing. The students and instructors have to learn virtual communication skills. The students and instructors have to learn virtual communication skills.

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Maintaining important information to all staff In order to ensure effective communication with the staff, a number of factors should be considered: How the information will make sense to the staff How the information will make sense to the staff Obstacles that may prevent proper understanding of the message Obstacles that may prevent proper understanding of the message The best ways which the staff can be engaged. The best ways which the staff can be engaged.

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How to improve moral of employees Monitor the activities of the employees online Monitor the activities of the employees online Offer moral courses to the students. Offer moral courses to the students.

Keeping up a positive working environment Set achievable targets. Set achievable targets. Ensure a conducive working environment for both students and instructors Ensure a conducive working environment for both students and instructors Ensure goals are achieved Ensure goals are achieved

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Methods for completing performance reviews 360 evaluation 360 evaluation Graphic scale Graphic scale Checklists Checklists

Expectations for completing employee evaluations Identification of weak areas of employees Identification of weak areas of employees Increased performance of employees Increased performance of employees Establishing wage incentive plans Establishing wage incentive plans

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Continued training and optional professional development Training should be regular as new structures are incorporated. Training should be regular as new structures are incorporated. Depending on the performance of the employees, they should be promoted. Depending on the performance of the employees, they should be promoted.

Conclusion To sum it up, this training module is easy to use after thorough training. To sum it up, this training module is easy to use after thorough training. It enables remote training of people from different parts of the world. It enables remote training of people from different parts of the world. It is not cheap to set up due to the initial setup cost. It is not cheap to set up due to the initial setup cost.

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