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C OLLABORATION ADVANTAGES  time  management  greater knowledge and skill base  division of workload  increased creativity DISADVANTAGES  time 

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2 C OLLABORATION

3 ADVANTAGES  time  management  greater knowledge and skill base  division of workload  increased creativity DISADVANTAGES  time  management  ethical abuses (groupthink, intimidation, taking credit)  disjointed document  conflict

4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT ►Appoint a group manager ►Define your goal(s) ►Decide on the proper document for your goal and assignment ►Delegate the tasks ►Create a timetable for the project, meetings, and progress reports ►Establish procedures for the group: communication, file-naming, interpersonal problems, decision making, evaluations ►Produce a documented plan recording these decisions

5 CONDUCTING MEETINGS ►Have an agenda and ask everyone to come prepared ►Designate a leader and a recorder ►Begin with a summary – of the project, the last meeting, etc. ►Encourage participation ►Stay on task ►Observe, guide, and listen ►Summarize before deciding outcome ►Begin and end on schedule face-to-face meetings teleconferences online conferencing

6 CONFLICT

7 SOURCES OF CONFLICT  Interpersonal differences  Cultural differences  Gender differences MANAGING CONFLICT  Hear each party’s side  Take feelings and opinions seriously  Disagree?  Use constructive criticism  Find areas of agreement  Create a group solution

8 WORKING TOGETHER

9 CREATIVE COLLABORATIVE THINKING

10 DEALING WITH OTHERS’ WRITING REVISING ►accurate, appropriate, useful, and legal content ►material organized for the reader’s understanding ►clear, easy-to-read, and engaging style ►effective visuals and page design EDITING ►rephrasing or reorganizing sentences ►clarifying topic sentences ►choosing a better word or phrase ►correcting spelling, usage, or punctuation, and so on ►Read the entire document at least twice before you comment. ►Be honest but diplomatic. Be critical but helpful. ►Make specific recommendations for improvements. ►Focus first on the big picture ►mechanical correctness ≠ good writing ►understand the limits of editing

11 ETHICAL ABUSES AND MISCOMMUNICATION IN COLLABORATIVE WORK

12 intimidation hoarding information taking credit

13 social cues cultural codes & references humor, slang, idioms

14 TEAMWORK management conflict communication creative thinking reviewing/revising/editing ethics

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