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Key termS anD ConCeptS Using Your Knowledge 109

Asynchronous communication 84 Managerial decisions 78 Synchronous communication 84
Collaboration 73 Operational decisions 78 Team surveys 87
Collaboration information system 82 Power curve 101 Unstructured decisions 79
Collaboration system 82 Problem 80 Version control 94
Cooperation 73 Project data 82 Version management 89
Discussion forums 86 Project metadata 82 Videoconferencing 85
Email 85 Quick Launch 112 Virtual meetings 85
File server 89 Screen-sharing applications 85 Webinar 85
Google Drive 89 Strategic decisions 79 Workflow control 95
Libraries 94 Structured decisions 79

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USinG y oUr KnowleDGe

2-1. Using your past experience of working in teams, and fellow students on the extent of collaboration in
do you think, your team understood the difference changing course curriculum or teaching pedagogy in
between cooperation and collaboration? If it was col- your business school. Try to find out the extent of col-
laborative, then what was the extent of its success? To laboration (between senior management and teachers)
what extent did the team grow in its efficiency and for and the kind of decisions (operational, managerial, and
how long have they worked in collaboration? Was the strategic decisions) taken by the senior management. Is
team’s experience satisfactory? more preference given to collaboration in one type of de-
cision making? If so, give reasons for the same. Find out
2-2. Using the past experience of decision making in teams, from your teachers on whether there is any application
give an example illustrating the levels of decisions made of collaborative information system. Based on knowl-
by the team? Was the decision making process in the edge gained from this chapter, suggest how you could
team structured or unstructured? What extent of col- improve the collaborative decision making process.
laboration was required for that particular decision
making? 2-4. Having the read the difference between cooperation
and collaboration in this chapter, choose your favor-
2-3. The success of a business school is dependent on the ite team sport, like rugby, cricket or football, and com-
constant evaluation of its teaching approach, which ment on whether the players of the selected sporting
also helps to upgrade its syllabus. Although these deci- team are cooperating with each other or collaborating
sions are taken by senior management, there is always with each other. Justify your answer by taking into the
active involvement of teachers and students in the form account the roles and responsibility of each player in
of their feedback. Take the opinion of your teachers the team.