COMM 004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Word Processor, Management System
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Learning objective 2: offer guidelines for collaborative communication, identify major collaboration technologies, and explain how to give constructive feedback. When teams collaborate, the collective energy and expertise of the various members can lead to results that transcend what each individual could do otherwise. However, collaborating on team messages requires special effort. In any collaborative effort, team members coming from different backgrounds may have different work habits or priorities, for example. A technical expert to focus on accuracy and scientific standards. An editor to be more concerned about organization and coherence. A manager to focus on schedules, cost, and corporate goals. Remember that the ways in which team members differ in writing styles and personality traits can complicate the creative nature of communication. Give your team time to bond before diving in. Among the simpler collaboration tools are group review and editing features in.