Collaboration
There are 3 methods of interpersonal interactions: conversational, transactional and collaborative.
If you are in the mood to make the optimal choice about your software application, you have to see through the differences that exist between those interactions.
An interaction of conversation is an exchange of information and transactional interaction is transfer of a transaction substance between two or more participants, while an interaction of collaboration is meant for a change of a substance of collaboration, ex.: achievement of a shared goal.
Interactions of collaboration are organized in such a way that the primary objective of those involved is to introduce changes into the collaboration substance from what has been unfixed and intangible, for example, an idea, into something useful, for instance a blueprint.
Collaborative software is related to groupware types that make it easier for people share information and work as a team on projects.
The strong point of these applications is in the ability to allow users to manage action plans, share documents, track projects, supervise schedules, optimize business processes, be promptly notified of any new objectives and events they are involved in. You may come across a lot of approaches to making these applications useful: scheduling activities, papers and projects, optimizing business processes and coordinating work of several departments or even companies.
Advantages in Using Computers for Collaboration
Desktop collaboration software allows different teams to organize, supervise and schedule activities through one application which results in achieving measurable goals.
It makes everyone's intranet and Internet use much more enjoyable:
- Set rights to your team members for working with documents, events and functions
- Simplify your group management jobs by allowing easy management of pages, acitivities and schedules.
- Distribute electronic reminders regarding projects and status to make work-in-progress understandable to all the team members
- Help your firm with a strategy, so that it has an effective plan to work on
- Create and oversee work effort, with eliminated flaws, mistakes, errors due to miss-communication
Soft Solutions for Collaboration
Collaboration software programs are available in a lot of types and forms, including:
- Web-based collaborative tools (you will need Internet access)
- Desktop collaborative solution (requires Intranet access)
Or
- E-calendars for people to have meetings, events and reminders
Workflow or project management applications (facilitate the management of tasks, projects and related documents)