COLLABORATION
1. Short-lived
and long-term
2. Informal
and formal
3. Collaboration
occurs when two or more people work together to achieve a common goal, result
or work project. Collaboration focus on task/mission accomplishment and usually takes place in business or organization and between businesses.
BUSINESS
BENEFITS OF COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK
Productivity: complete a complex
task faster and fewer errors
Quality: communicate errors, fast corrective actions, and reduction in buffers
among production units.
Innovation: come up with innovative ideas for product and service.
Customer service: solve
customer complaints, issues faster and more effectively
Financial performance: collaborative firms have superior
sales, sales growth and financial performance
Investment
in collaboration technology can bring organization improvements and returning
high ROI (Return on Investment).
IMPORTANCE
OF COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK
Ø Changing nature of
work: From factory to manufacturing and pre-computer
office, work organize by
silos (a structure to storing bulk materials)
Ø Growth of
professional work:
Interaction jobs tend to be prof. jobs in service sector because
close coordination & collaboration
Ø Changing organization
of the firm:
Past - used hierarchical fashion, Now - organized into groups
& teams expected to develop their own methods 4 accomplish task, Senior managers observe & measure result
Ø Changing scope of the
firm: Single location to multiple location and large global companies need to have teams
working on global basis.
Ø Emphasis on
innovation: Great individuals are working with a team of
brilliant colleagues and strong collaboration
practices & technologies are believed to increase quality
of innovation.
Ø Changing culture of work: The idea/belief from differ teams can
produce better output.
Is Changing organization of the firm is bad or not? Can you give arguments to support your answer? thanks
BalasHapusI think it depends on the firm itself, if the changing is for the good purpose and good sake for the firm like want to more develop then it's okay. But it will be bad if you take a lot of changing, why? Because if the once or second changing and they're still don't have a progress than changing organization is useless, better than changing it you must know well the main problem and solve it.
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