Introduction to E-Management

Introduction to E-Management

ECOM 201                                  Project Assignment                   January 2020

As a group of managers consider yourself as Global Manager for one of the following Saudi companies: Jarir Bookstore, Baja, Al-Baik restaurant, HerfyrestaurantorCoffee Day. At present the company you’ll choose is planning to do business in the USA and UK. You are required to develop a detail strategy on the following:

• Give a brief summary of the current status of Virtual Teams.
• Give a brief introduction about the chosen company (history, products, etc)
• Explain what type of virtual management characteristics will be implemented and why?
• How the virtual teams will work together?
• What tools are they usingfor communications and task management?
• How you will manage the teams in both locationsin terms oflanguage, cultural, time, political, and economical differences?
• What are techniques that you will be using in order to create a strong team with a high level of teamwork?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of managing a virtual team?
• What type of conflicts might occur between members? When it’s happened how will you solve it?
• As a manager how you will manage the outsourced projects?
• What techniques that you will apply to encourage and motivate your team for improvement?

Project report structure:

• Title Page: the name of the institution, the title of the report, the name of the author and then add the date.

• Abstract: Brief summary of your work.

• Table of contents:

1.Introduction: Background or introduction to state what the report is about.  You must give the reader an overview of the whole report.

2.Main Body of the report: Include your main work.

3.Conclusion.

4.References: Use APA style.

Guidelines for the project assignment:

• This is a group project, It requires effort and critical thinking.
• Your answer must be supported by different resources.
• At least 10references sources.
• Use font Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial.
• Use 1.5 or double line spacing with left Justify all paragraphs.
• Use the footer function to insert page number.
• Ensure that you follow the APA style in your project.
• Your project report length should be between3000 to 3500 words.