Web Lecture: Technology & Teams

This web lecture on communication and technology was very relative to me because I work in a large organization which practices multiple ways of communicating through new technologies and still relies on older technologies as well.

As I sit here typing this at work a interview via telephone is in process in the next room. Such technologies as the telephone frees participants from the constraints of time and physical location. The Recreation Therapist my supervisors are interviewing over the phone is located on the East Coast in Boston. Although it was great that my supervisors got to interview her they did complain that it was not the same as interviewing a person face to face.

The lecture also talks about virtual or real communication. They bring up the question if team members meet online such as email or chat does that mean the communication isn't real? Although this applies to newer technologies I think you can also throw the telephone into that mix. If you don't meet face to face is it real communication? I believe it is real communication however not communicating face to face can cause problems also. I believe communication also involves physical cues such as body language and without communicating face to face you can't pick up on those extra things.