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By: Hebbah Shehaiber, Matt Lyons, Lauren Zawacki, and Lisa Brodie What is Collaboration? Occurs when two or more people work together to achieve a common goal, result, or work product Sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus within a group When effective, results of the group are greater than could be produced by any of the individuals working alone Coordination and communication are key Involves good feedback and iteration, which is reviewal and revisal of individual work by the group Effective collaboration makes group work run smoothly and efficiently Collaboration can help bring out the best product within a group Characteristics of an effective team member Enthusiastic about the subject of our collaboration Is open-minded and curious Speaks their mind even if it’s an unpopular viewpoint Get back to the others in a timely way Is willing to enter into difficult conversations Is a perceptive listener Is skillful at giving/ receiving even negative feedback Is willing to put forward unpopular ideas Is self-managing and requires “low maintenance” Is known for following through in commitments Is willing to dig into the topic with zeal Brings different perspectives Do you agree…yes! Communication is key Effective if all members openly communicate openly without bias Input and feedback from different angles helps to come to a group agreement Sometimes disagreement is useful to open other doors in the collaboration Would you change the rankings? Are important characteristics missing? Willingness to be a follower as well as a leader Is able to gather group content and organize it Is enthusiastic for group’s success Wants to meet personal goals while improving personal relationships and group progress Preparation before group meetings Make sure all members participate What would you do with an ineffective team member? First we need the definition..which is a person that is not producing results in the group because they are either incompetent or incapable of collaborating with the group. Some characteristics of an ineffective team member… Don’t Pull Their Weight: They do not contribute enough. They do not live up to commitments. They do not do enough. Unwilling to Share: While quick to learn from others and find out all that’s going on, they don’t like to share their knowledge and experience with others. Not worthy of Trust: They share the wrong things. If you happen to share a confidence with them, they misuse that information. Pursue Personal Goals: Ineffective team members are not on the same page as the team. They choose their own priorities and areas of interest, and don’t fit well with the teams agenda Blame & Excuses: Excuses for non-performance and blaming others. Unduly Pessimistic & Negative: They are gloomy and pessimistic and do not keep this to themselves. Lack of Sensitivity: Feelings and needs of other team members do not concern them. How do you know if your collaborating well? Well EVERYONE IN THE GROUP GETS THERE JOBS COMPLETED RIGHT AND ON TIME THERE ARE NO ARGUMENTS WITHIN THE TEAM MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS EFFICIENT Communication is two –way, everyones ideas are shared , nobody holds back any information that they may have Poorly THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS AND TEAM MORALE IS LOW. CONFLICTS AND HOSTILITY BETWEEN MEMBERS IS A PERSUASIVE ISSUE THAT DOESN’T SEEM TO GET BETTER WORKING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS UNITS OR FUNCTIONS IS POOR, AND THERE IS LACK OF COORDINATION . MEETINGS AREN’T EFFICIENT AND THERE IS A LOT OF ROLE OVERLAP. Characteristics of Succesful Collaboration 1.) Goals- Collaborations need goals in order to be effective. Where goals are written down , agreed upon and then succefully completed, it makes the collaboration sucessful. 2) Communication – Collaborative efforts are dependent upon open and clear commuication. A formal process for communication must be established. Using such communication such as Asychronous or Sychronous communication , email, multi text partys, and so fourth will help create a successful collaboration. 3.) Make sure there is feed back- During this process everyone in the group reviews each others work and gives feed back on what should be changed. This helps to produce something greater than any single person could accomplish working independently Characteristics of Succesful Collaboration 4.) Make sure there is workflow control- work flow is the process or procedure by which content is created, , edited, used, and disposed. Work flow specifies particular ordering of tasks . You can use Microsoft share point to create parallel work flow or sequential work flow documents. 5.)Use content management- This involves making sure the work being completed by each group member doesn’t interfere with one another. Also , helps to know when , why, what , and how a section of the project may have been changed. You can use document s like google docs and spread sheets, wikis and microsoft office groove. How to Measure Characteristics In order to measure effectivness of each characteristic, each group member could rate each of the characteristics in order to judge wether or not each job was completed to the full degree. If each group member thought that each chracteristic was completed on time and to the full degree then the group was efficient, if some thought that some of the jobs werent completed to the full degree then the group would be considered ineffective. THE END!!