Chapter 4

Management Challenge

Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

—Vince Lombardi

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.

—Babe Ruth

You might be wondering why I have started each chapter with a quote. The purpose of this is to draw your attention to the concept that the chapter will focus on and do so in a short but precise statement. I want to comment on the how for this chapter I found an interesting concept when I looked for a quote to open this chapter. I searched for virtual team quotes. What ...

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