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ABSTRACT: The research assignment was conducted to evaluate the
influential dimensions for building high performing teams in virtual
organisations. The new business unit, Middle East and Africa has the
challenge of operating globally for the first time. The leadership has
the daunting task of getting the virtual team to become a high
performance team. An intensive literature review was conducted to draw
on the knowledge of previous theory for both high performance teams as
well as virtual organisations. A representative sample of the
organisation’s leadership was interviewed by means of an online
questionnaire, whilst employees were survey by means of both physical
and online surveys. The results provided insights into the dimensions
that strongly influence high performance teams in virtual global
organisations. A deeper understanding of success factors that influence
team performance and virtual organisations were learnt and
recommendations was made to the company.