Using Shared Group Work Tools

Cloud Computing, essentially using the Internet for data and applications, has been a hot topic in the information technology world for some time now. Starting in the 1950’s the idea of sharing computers came about and has been transforming ever since. Different organizational cultures may or may not be willing to adopt this practice. However, whatever the culture, the organization

Some companies try to implement new ideas and ways to increase efficiency and productivity in the workplace. This is a great idea for companies to increase the output of the product or service they are performing for the consumers. However, not everything goes so well when implementing new ideas. There are hardships that need to be overcome, the costs of implementing a new system can be overwhelming at first, and many others. I will describe to you some of the hardships of adding new groupware to a system that is already in place. Also have you ever wondered what a wiki does or what it could do

A collaboration tool that I believe would fulfill our needs at The Broadway Café would be a Groupware System. Groupware is

It is believed that Cloud computing is driving collaboration in the workplace today. Especially with the variety of use of mobile devices in the office and employees increasingly working remotely, businesses are increasingly turning to the cloud for seamless communication between people and devices. Cloud collaboration tools enable businesses to communicate across boundaries, time zones and organizational borders and are becoming an increasingly important element of a successful business. The top three benefits of cloud collaboration are its Flexibility, its compliance and security, as well as last but not least cost cutting saving for businesses.

What is a group? A collection of individuals who have regular contact and frequent interaction, mutual influence, common feeling of camaraderie, and who work together to achieve a common set of goals. Did you set the record as a group? No, we did not. We had so many issues and problems within our group, that i just wanted to quit working altogether.

“Helpful Tips for Collaboration in Group Work” provides an excellent template of what it looks like to be a part of something greater than one’s self. It articulates in writing things that I have discovered oftentimes through the hard way with things going wrong in group projects. Like many, I share the frustrations of doing 90% of the work in a group project, in my case it was building a lego robot in the 6th grade. My partner and I had a blast dreaming up the possibility of bringing a robot to class for a project about industrial technology, but that same passion was not transferred to the workload. I relate to being the domineering partner also, through many cultural presentation in the 9th grade where I insisted on controlling the direction of everything the group was doing. If my group members had only known how to use humor and directness as described in this article the group as a whole would of been much more productive. I discovered the importance of setting clear attendance expectations when members of the leadership team I was a part of did not consistently show up, and we did not know what to do because there were

In addition to Google docs, we tried other technologies, with varying degrees of success. We had access to a conference number, which allowed us to connect on the phone. This was beneficial in putting a personal touch to the online group process. While two of us already knew each other, we were able to hear the voice of the third, and often, after working on the assignment, took time to connect on a personal level. While this frequently worked well, we did on occasion experience issues with this. Two times, we were unable to log in, and I did on occasion lose the email with the call in numbers, so was late in calling in, as I was required to ask for the numbers

Online document services such as Google Docs and Microsoft Office Live Workspace allow documents to be created, edited, and stored online for collaboration by multiple people in multiple locations. Web 2.0 innovations including social networks and wikis are being utilized to support this interaction. Employees no longer have to be chained to a desk in an office building from the hours of nine to five (Bughin, Chui, and Miller; Robbins, and Coulter 196-197).

Within the military field setting, there is a vast amount of job roles involved. There are administrators, physicians, engineers, electricians, repair technicians of all sorts, storekeeper personnel, and sometimes contractors. Without any or each of these, a piece would be missing and the military chain would not run well. In my workplace there are many advantages to having a multicultural collaborative workforce. Some of these advantages include higher morale and broader viewpoint , plus a better possibility of smooth transition during expansion. A collection of people with varying backgrounds and life experiences are more likely to share different perspectives on a workplace challenge. Providing a culturally sensitive care to any patient

2. As a Canadian volunteer, you have been in country for 2 months. You are working with the partner organization and you notice one of the local staff is not coming to work on time, and not completing any assigned duties. A member of your team starts to complain, and says that the team should alert this to the Country Manager.

Groups and teamwork are an essential aspect of everyday life. It is suggested that “groups have the potential to outperform individuals” (Mottola & Utkus, 2009). There are several facets that impact teamwork, including communication, and cooperation. Conflicts and challenges are also important aspects that can occur in teamwork. It is imperative to understand effective models, and actions that can be taken to establish successful work. Experiential learning will be used to analyze a group experience that the author found to be meaningful. Additionally, team dynamic concepts and theories will aid in analyzing the experience.

Google Drive is helps people to manage their knowledge by “virtual tools or collaborative learning [tools which] expresses the importance of interaction with others to acquire knowledge and of the need to share goals and distribute responsibilities as desirable forms of learning” (Flor Nancy Díaz Piraquive et.al. p.164), even though the form of interaction and learning is developed through the internet. This interaction is further developed by the in-build Instant Messenger and chat functions which helps to not only convey the knowledge on the screen, but also to discuss and enhance the knowledge through discussions or debates. Large organisations, where it may be hard to gather all necessary employees to a meeting, this service can keep everyone up-to-date in real time.

In group one, the main component that seems to be working the best for everyone is our communication method. We developed a group message, primarily because texting is easily accessible for all four of us and definitely a common form of communication we are all used to. Moreover, Google Docs is also working well, I will share documents and open access for everyone to edit. This seems to work efficiently because we are all extremely busy and can work on the documents on our own time or at the scheduled meeting time. Moreover, everyone in the member has open access to every document and can express their own thoughts regarding the writing. So far in our group there has not been a significant problem which has emerged. Thus far, everyone has completed

Facilitating Collaboration. Some of the greatest successes of the cloud come from allowing groups or communities to work together, which before was not possible. Consulting firm CSC used jive to help keep their 90,000 people in the loop. They made jive available to all employees, which would have been extremely expensive, had CSC had to buy all the new hardware, software, and licensing. But the cloud based collaboration software maker, Jive, made it very easy and inexpensive to do. The end of this section talks about how many people registered for C3, another cloud based research, and soon, it became

o Businesses are using Internet communication technologies, networking and relevant software to enable workers and professionals to collaborate and work across locations and geographical boundaries and streamline work-flow management.