Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 4 in your text. (This assignment will prepare you to work on your Final Paper in Week 6).

Remote work requires managers to undertake special planning and communication activities. Managers must work and utilize tools to coordinate schedules, ensure adequate communication and collaboration among all workers, establish policies to support collaboration and communications, and build business processes to support remote workers.

• Examine three essential technologies that support communication and collaboration among remote workers and virtual teams. (1.5 page)
• Recommend three policies for enhancing communication and collaboration among virtual teams and remote workers. (1.5 pages)
• Explain the challenges of enforcing these policies and other business processes with remote workers and virtual teams. (1 Page)

The Managing Communication with Virtual Teams paper

• Must be four to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper in bold font
    • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • Student’s name
  • Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Due date
• Must use at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed, and/or credible sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.