It is all a matter of emphasis:

Telecommuting is about using telecommunications to avoid commuting. This implies that somewhere there is a workplace where much of the business is carried out which the telecommuter links into.  If there are several telecommuters, the pattern can is like a star, with a central hub. The telecommunications are seen as a way of reducing the overhead, such as daily travel and the time it takes.

Virtual Teamwork is about the team being geographically distributed, whether there is a central workplace or not. Read the rest of this entry »