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Collaboration Case Studies
While Pernod Ricard Pacific recognized the enormity of undertaking the ERP and the wine system upgrade projects simultaneously, the tyranny of distances involved made these tasks even more difficult. The $1.2 billion company realized the key to the projects’ successes, therefore, would be effective, seamless, productive and continuous communications and knowledge sharing between the numerous team members in the many locations. In selecting Grouputer for the task the company was able to conduct virtual workshops using the program’s integrated web-based group decision support system and web conferencing application in realtime and asynchronously. White Papers
Collaboration is viewed by an increasing number of organizations as a key factor in improving enterprise-wide performance and innovation. Despite recognition of its importance, many organizations find it difficult to encourage collaborative, rather than competitive behaviour in the workplace, and none more so than in meetings. In virtual meetings e-collaboration technology is helping people in different geographical locations to collaborate more successfully, cut travel (and carbon emissions) and improve workers’ quality of life.
As e-Collaboration becomes more pervasive we are learning more about the human aspects of using technology to facilitate effective group work. This paper contains useful tips, ideas and proven techniques for making your e-meetings more satisfying and productive both for you and your team members.
To be really effective e-Collaboration programs must include eight essential ingredients - people, time, shared space, common objective, focus on the objective, common language, knowledge in the area of the objective and interaction. This paper explains how e-collaboration programs need to support each ingredient.
Like the saying, "garbage in, garbage out", effective meetings require preparation if they are to deliver high quality outcomes. Creating effective meeting processes is a cross between a science and an art. It is not difficult but it takes practice. Successful meeting processes take participants down a thinking guide-path that explores all aspects of the problem or issue. The process may include reviewing documents or presentations, generating options and proposed solutions, evaluating the options, arriving at a decision and writing action plans. The purpose of this White Paper is to make agenda preparation easy and ensure that meeting facilitators obtain great results when using Grouputer e-collaboration technology.
Author: David Coleman, Jeff Young - Collaborative Strategies, San Francisco Why do some organizations fail to reap the rewards delivered by collaborative technologies? This White Paper reviews six unique and solvable issues that end user organizations need to address to ensure a successful implementation and a healthy return on investment. www.collaborate.com |
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