BUS 237 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Optical Fiber Cable, Twisted Pair, Network Interface Controller

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Maryam Ficociello

Document Summary

Collaboration: when two or more people work together to achieve a common goal, result or product. Collaboration involves coordination and communication and often makes use of computer networks. The effectiveness of a collaborative effort is driven by 4 factors: Communication systems: email, virtual private networks, instant messaging, and more sophisticated communications systems, dependant on the network technology available in an organization. Content management systems track and report data such as who made what changes, when and why. Workflow: a process or procedure by which content is created, edited, used and disposed. Workflow focuses on delivering a good or a service internally, to other employees in the organization. Workflow specifies a particular ordering of tasks and includes processes like handling rejected changes as well as for dealing with exceptions. Network externality: the larger the number of people using a network, the more valuable the network becomes.