Abstract: The Virtue Teams are geographically dispersed groups that work without necessarily being in one place or having to meet face to face. They use Information Technology tools (e.g. Video and sound call tools, Emails and websites, Databases and service platforms assisted by Servers etc)to coordinate and exchange information and hence Effective Research and Development for Project success. Virtual teams offer rapid solutions to Complex organizational Problems. Virtual teams enable organizations to gather Talents and expertise of internal members and different Stakeholders of a Project being undertaken while eliminating Time and distance barriers. The purpose of the research was to assess the effect of virtual team work on the proje Execution in Rwanda. Specific objectives was to evaluate to determine the effectiveness of virtual team working on project execution in Global fund Rwanda, to find out the benefits of virtual team on project execution in Global fund Rwanda, to identify factors hampering effective virtual team working on project execution in Global fund Rwanda and to analyze the contribution of virtual team behavior and attitude on project execution in Global fund Rwanda. The research used descriptive research design. The population of the study was 53 from Global Fund project and since the population was small a census was used. Primary data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Data was collected, analyzed and tested using descriptive statistics and Pearson Coefficient Correlation method. The data reveled that there is a significance relationship between effectiveness of virtual team working on project execution with a significant of 0.7. The study also revealed that benefits of virtual team on project execution with a significant of 0.6. Hence the researcher recommended that the government and its partners that virtual Teams is therefore appropriate particularly for the Global fund project since it relies on people who work and live in different parts of the world.
Keywords: Virtual teams, organizational Problems, HIV AIDS PROJECT, Global fund Rwanda.
Title: EFFECTS OF VIRTUAL TEAMWORK ON THE PROJECT EXECUTION IN RWANDA: (A CASE OF HIV AIDS PROJECT, GLOBAL FUND RWANDA)
Author: KAYIHURA John, Dr. MULYUNGI Patrick, NGUSALE Vincent
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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