Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Information Systems Chapter 2 In Class Notes


  • Bad Communication
    • Bad communication leads to problems between groups of people.
  • How to Be A Good Person
    • Don't be a jerk
    • Don't ignore the people around you
  • How the World is Changing
    • The world is becoming more integrated.
  • Collaboration Tools
    • Microsoft Sharepoint
  • Job Security
    • Having a unique skill is pant-amount to job security.
    • If you cannot be replaced, then you have job security.
  • Difference Between Cooperation and Collaboration
    • Collaboration
      • To revise your work based on the feedback of your team, and continually form new work, get more feedback, and revise
      • People collaborate to make better 
    • Cooperation
      •  To divide work, and each member of the team completes one part of the work.
      • People cooperate to work faster.
  • What are the important characteristics of a collaborator?
    • Be enthusiastic, open minded, and curious about a subject
    • Speaks their mind
    • Willing to enter difficult conversations
    • Skillful at giving/receiving negative feedback
    • Willing to put forward unpopular ideas
    • Thinks differently and brings forward different perspectives
  •  Least Important Characteristics for an Effective Collaborator
    • Well organized
    • Someone you immediately liked
    • Essentially any characteristic that makes someone look good on the surface, but doesn't really say much about the actual person.
  • How to be a good team member
    • Be specific
    • Offer suggestions
    • Avoid Personal Comments
    • Strive for balance
    • Question your emotions
    • Do not dominate
    • Demonstrate a commitment to the group
    • Don't use over-generalizations
  • How do you manage projects?
    • Starting
    • Planning
    • Doing
    • Finalizing
  • Who are the Actors?
    • Hardware
    • People
  • What are the Instructors?
    • Software
    • Procedures
  • What Bridges the Actors?
    • Data

Reminders 7/6/16

Information Systems

Meet in Lab 207 at 2:45pm

To-Do List 7/6/16

Communications

Self Introductory Presentation Materials

    • Introductory Presentation
    • Introductory Presentation Outline

Information Systems

Excel Lab

Information Systems Independent Study Notes


  • What Are the Two Key Characteristics of Collaboration?
    • Feedback
    • Iteration
      • Collaboration is built upon creating a work, showing your work to a peer, getting feedback from your peer, and then revising your original work based on the feedback given by your peer.
  • What Are The Three Criteria For Successful Collaboration?
    • Successful Outcome
    • Growth in Team Capability Overtime
    • Meaningful and Satisfying Experience 
  • What are the four primary purposes of collaboration?
    • Being Informed
    • Make Decisions
    • Solve Problems
    • Manage Projects
  • What are the requirements for a collaboration information system?
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Data
    • Procedure
    • People
  • How can you use collaboration tools to improve team communication?
    • Synchronous Communication
      • Occurs when all team members meet at the same time, such as with conference calls or face to face meetings.
    • Asynchronous Communication
      • Occurs when team members do not meet at the same time.
  • How can you use collaboration tools to manage shared content?
    • Through applications and cloud drives.
    • Shared content can be controlled or not, but their is a spectrum of control.
  • How can you use Collaboration tools to manage tasks?
    • Examples
      • Sharing Task Lists on Google Drive
      • Sharing Task Lists Using Microsoft Sharepoint
  • Which Collaboration IS is right for your team?
    • It really depends on what your team needs, based on what your team is trying to do.
  • 2025?
    • Face to face meetings will become more rare.
    • Free data communications and data storage will make collaboration systems cheaper and easier to use.
    • More employees work at home full/part time
    • Conventions become virtual
    • Travel industry focuses on recreational travel
    • Asynchronous Corporate Training