Directorate of distance education master of business administration

Self Assessment Questions         
1. 
What are the features of virtual organization? 
2. 
State HR issues of virtual organizations. 
3. 
Outline the problems of HR with reference to MNCs. 

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Summary 
The emerging HR trend in virtual organizations is both a 
challenge and opportunity to HR experts. The virtual organization is a 
social network in which all the horizontal and vertical boundaries are 
removed. The information and communication technology, coordinates 
the activities, combines the workers skills and resource in order to 
achieve a common goal.   
The characteristics of virtual organization are power flexibility 
information communication, flat organization, multidisciplinary team 
work where organizational boundaries are vague. 
A number of HR issues are involved in virtual organization. 
Recruitment of highly skilled people, fast recruitment and sociability are 
some of the issues. 
Selection of personnel for virtual organization, BPOs require 
special talent search. MNCs have added a new dimension to HR functions.