Chapter 2, Problem 2.8CE2

a)

Explanation of Solution

Collaboration:

• Collaboration is nothing but group of people working together
  • To achieve common objective.
  • Trust each other in the team.
  • Clarifies the roles
• In this process people spend time on discussions so as to accomplish the task as a team and set team to achieve the common goal.
• Helps team to
  • Analyze.
  • Construct knowledge.
  • Collectively solving the issues.
• For collaborative team to be successful, members must provide and receive critical feedback...

b)

Explanation of Solution

Important skills for collaborators or a member:

• Should encourage the concept of collaboration
• Should be curious and open minded
• Should put forward his or her point even if it is not a popular viewpoint
• Should get back to the team members time to time.
• Should volunteer in difficult conversations
• Should be a responsive listener
• Should be good at giving and accepting critical feedback
• Requires low maintenance and should be self-managing
• Should be good at commitments
• Should be well organized
• Should have different set of thoughts...

c)

Explanation of Solution

Ineffective team member:

The members of the team who possess the qualities which are quite opposite to that of an effective collaborator, such as:

• Does not encourage effective collaboration
• Does not participate or let others participate in group discussions.
• Is not ready to give and take critical feedback
• Does not listen to other members views and tries to dominate.
• Takes the product in some other direction and results in splitting of the team...

d)

Explanation of Solution

Characteristics for successful collaboration:

Integration:

Integrity and unity among the members are most important qualities of a group. Members of the team should understand that they all have the same goal and should work collectively to achieve that goal.

Accountability:

Each member in a team is responsible to accomplish a task. It is on the member how the task is accomplished with the help of other team members in a collaborative manner...

e)

Explanation of Solution

The five components of collaboration information system are:

• Hardware
• Software
• Data
• Procedures
• People

Hardware:

Members of a team need a device to work on. It can be either personal desktop or company computer or any mobile device.

Software:

Members also store and share data over a server like Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive which are accessed using internet. It is also called the cloud. Email, Google Docs, Microsoft Office Online are also few more tools that facilitate collaborative work.

Data:

Data in collaborative work is of two types. They are:

• Project data: it is the part or body of the collaboration work product...

f)

Explanation of Solution

Collaborative information system:

In our team, the members were assigned with some tasks as per the task list made by the members. As it is known that if a member is responsible for some task, it means he should take care that the task is completed within the assigned time and with the help of other team members in a collaborative manner. When it is necessary to complete a task, then generally the team members focus on sharing the knowledge and information they have regarding the particular aspect of the project with other team members, so that the task has a successful outcome...