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Key termS and ConCeptS

Asynchronous communication 48 Managerial decisions 42 Synchronous communication 48
Collaboration 37 Operational decisions 42 Team surveys 51
Collaboration information system 46 Power curve 65 Unstructured decision 43
Collaboration system 46 Problem 44 Version control 58
Cooperation 37 Project data 46 Version management 53
Discussion forums 50 Project metadata 46 Videoconferencing 49
Email 49 Quick Launch 76 Virtual meetings 49
File server 53 Screen-sharing applications 49 Webinar 49
Google Drive 53 Strategic decisions 43 Workflow control 60
Libraries 59 Structured decision 43

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uSinG your KnowledGe

2-1. Reflect on your experience working on teams in previ- up two Office accounts using two different Hotmail
ous classes as well as on collaborative teams in other addresses.
settings, such as a campus committee. To what extent a. Go to www.skydrive.com and sign in with one of
was your team collaborative? Did it involve feedback your accounts. Create a memo about collabora-
and iteration? If so, how? How did you use collabora- tion tools using the Word Web App. Save your
tive information systems, if at all? If you did not use memo. Share your document with the email in
collaborative information systems, describe how you your second Office account. Sign out of your first
think such systems might have improved your work account.
methods and results. If you did use collaborative in- (If you have access to two computers situated
formation systems, explain how you could improve close to each other, use both of them for this exer-
on that use, given the knowledge you have gained cise. If you have two computers, do not sign out of
from this chapter. your Office account. Perform step b and all actions
for the second account on that second computer.
2-2. Using your experience working in past teams, give
an example of an unhelpful statement for each of the If you are using two computers, ignore the instruc-
guidelines in Figure 2-2. Correct your examples to a tions in the following steps to sign out of the Office
more productive and helpful comment. accounts.)
b. Open a new window in your browser. Access www
2-3. Using a past team project from your own experience, .skydrive.com from that second window and sign
summarize how your team conducted the four phases in using your second Office account. Open the
listed in Figure 2-5. Evaluate how your team con- document that you shared in step a.
ducted problem-solving, decision-making, and in- c. Change the memo by adding a brief description of
forming activities. Rate your past team on Hackman’s content management. Do not save the document
criteria as discussed in Q2. yet. If you are using just one computer, sign out
2-4. This exercise requires you to experiment with from your second account.
Microsoft SkyDrive. You will need two Office IDs to d. Sign in on your first account. Attempt to open
complete this exercise. The easiest way to do it is the memo and note what occurs. Sign out of your
to work with a classmate. If that is not possible, set first account and sign back in with your second