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What is Collaboration?
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A joint effort by two or more individuals towards the completion of an endeavor
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What are Collaborative Technologies?
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Technologies that support collaborative efforts. These technologies are often used to support virtual teams
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Work Group
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A group that interacts primarily to share information and to make decisions to help each group member perform within his or her area of responsibility.
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Work Team
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A group whose individual efforts result in a performance that is greater than the sum of the individual inputs
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Why have Teams become so Popular?
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-Teams typically outperform individuals.
-Teams use employee talents better. -Teams are more flexible and responsive to changes in the environment. -Teams facilitate employee involvement. -Teams are an effective way to democratize an organization and increase motivation. |
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Modes of Working with Teams
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Same Place, Same Time:
Collocated/Synchronous Traditional face-to-face meeting with or without technology Blackboards, Flip charts, Overheads, PPT slides, Electronic whiteboard Same Place, Different Time Collocated/Asynchronous Team members using technology Bulletin board, Web pages, Shared folders, Memos, Displays |
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Modes of Working with Teams
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Different Place, Same Time
Dispersed/Synchronous Participants join scheduled synchronous meetings with help of technology Telephone conferences, Video conferences, Online chat, Instant message, Fax Different Place, Different Time Dispersed/Asynchronous Team members communicate asynchronously using technology E-bulletin boards, Voice mail, Email, Web pages, Listserve, Pagers, Fax |
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What is a Virtual Team?
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A team that uses computer technology to tie together physically or temporally dispersed members in order to achieve a common goal. Virtual teams can be:
Collocated Asynchronous Dispersed Synchronous Dispersed Asynchronous |
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Technologies that Support Asynchronous Teams
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Voice Mail
Fast, easy Message includes emotion, tone & inflection No visual cues Easy, ubiquitous Can send a message to 1 or 100 Minimal emotion / tone transmitted Can include attachments |
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Technologies that Support Asynchronous Teams
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Listserves
Allows users to create a group of recipients and easily email many teammates at once Minimal emotion / tone transmitted Can include attachments E-bulletin Boards All teammates can post messages on-line Posting visible to everyone until deleted |
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Technologies that Support Asynchronous Teams
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Web Pages
Members can download large files, software Broadcast technology, only a few can modify content Shared Folders Members can transmit files too big for attachments All team members can add files Version management can become an issue |
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Collaboration software
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applications that combine features that support collaboration. Features may include:
Messaging technologies Electronic calendars File management and archiving capabilities Workflow applications Information management applications Can also support synchronous teams Examples include: Lotus Notes, MS Sharepoint & Egroups-Yahoo |
