Learning Aid Type Text Pages MGS GROUP C Svitlana Panasik

Collaboration occurs when two or more people work together to achieve a common Goal Result Work product

cc. When collaboration is effective, the results of the group are greater than could be produced by any of the individuals working alone.

The effectiveness of a collaborative effort is driven by three critical factors: Communication Content management Workflow control

To understand the role for collaboration we must explore the decision making process

Decision process Structured Understood and accepted method for making decisions Require very little collaboration Unstructured No agreed-on decision-making method Are often a collaborative process

Decision making and collaboration systems Structured decisions No feedback or iteration are necessary Unstructured decisions Feedback and iteration are crucial Communications systems are very important to the process

Examples Structured decision making A formula for computing the reorder quantity of an item in inventory is an example of a structured decision process. A standard method for allocating furniture and equipment to employees is another structured decision process.

Examples Unstructured decision making Predicting the future direction of the economy or the stock market The prediction method varies from person to person; it is neither standardized nor broadly accepted. Assessing how well- suited an employee is for performing a particular job.

Relationship between decision types and decision processes What is the relationship between decision types and decision processes? Operational decisions typically use a structured process. Strategic decisions typically use an unstructured process. Managerial decisions use both structured and unstructured processes

collaboration systems for decision making Operational decisions Obtain data from transaction processing systems Require very little collaboration Managerial decisions Focus on the allocation and utilization of resources Require some collaboration Strategic decisions Are broader in their scope and center around organizational issues Are almost always collaborative

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Personal opinion Virtual meetings don’t require everyone to be in the same place at the same time. They help to make good decisions because people keep reviewing each others work. In my opinion it is very important in making some decisions in international management since the best knowledge about certain county environment have country nationals.