COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES: INSIGHT FROM THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Abstract Collaborative technologies exemplify information technology that has evolved in response to the need to increase efficiency and effectiveness of group meetings and cooperative work. As groups play a more important role in organizations‚ the use of collaborative technologies becomes more endemic. However‚ students training for organizational positions generally do not receive a high level of training in group work or working
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Collaborative Consumption: Is it a disruptive business model? Introduction Airbnb (www.airbnb.com) started in August 2008 as a booking service letting private‚ spare space around the world‚ a marketplace that connects people who need temporary living spaces‚ to people who have extra spaces. The extra spaces could be a spare bed‚ a room‚ an apartment or even a villa. In five years’ time they now have over 10 million nights booked‚ have over 300‚000 listings worldwide‚ operate over 33‚000 cities
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Collaborative Advantage: The Art of Alliances Alliances between companies‚ whether they are from different parts of the world or different ends of the supply chain‚ are a fact of life in business today. Some alliances are no more than fleeting encounters‚ lasting only as long as it takes one partner to establish a beachhead in a new market. Others are the prelude to a full merger of two or more companies’ technologies and capabilities. Whatever the duration and objectives of business alliances
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Collaborative Arrangements Why Companies Collaborate Firms opt for collaborative arrangements when exporting as an alternative may not be feasible. There are also financial considerations and companies may find it more advantageous to collaborate abroad to mitigate financial risk to the company. Reasons for Collaboration: To spread and reduce costs To specialize in competencies To avoid or counter competition To secure vertical and horizontal links To gain knowledge To gain location-specific
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Foundations of Learning and Collaborative Working “Discuss the concept of collaborative working within your professional area” To be able to understand the rationale‚ the different factors influencing the outcome of collaborative working and how this can be applied
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Collaborative Learning Basically‚ from a personal stance‚ intrinsic to group work is the process of students working together to do a task whereby shared goals are realised through the sharing of knowledge. As stressed by both Ted Panitz (n.d) in his article ‘Collaborative versus Cooperative Learning- A Comparison of the two Concepts which will help us understand the underlying nature of interactive learning’ and Olga Kozar (2010) in her article ‘Towards Better Group Work: Seeing the Difference
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in the Minneapolis–St. Paul region of the US. A set of propositions is offered to guide further research and to prompt reflective practice. © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Integrative leadership Cross-sector collaboration Collaborative leadership Public value Public leadership Many major public problems or challenges — such as global warming‚ HIV/AIDS‚ economic development‚ poverty‚ and homelessness — can be addressed effectively only if many organizations collaborate. Collaborators
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Collaborative Practice Collaborative Practice Collaboration is defined by Webster (1988) as working together in some undertaking. The collaboration of many healthcare disciplines is essential to meet the needs of patients in today’s medical arena. As a neonatal intensive care nurse‚ I see on a daily basis how vital it is for these individual disciplines to link together around a common subject‚ the patient. This paper will showcase collaborative practice by identifying the healthcare and social
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This essay will critically explore how collaborative working increases the knowledge of professionals‚ safety of service user and the quality of care. People with a learning disability are more vulnerable to certain physical and mental health problems than the general population (Emerson & Baines‚ 2010). Collaborative working between professionals is important if professionals are to meet the complex health needs of the service user and ensure their safety (Fatchett & Taylor‚ 2013; Lacey & Oyvry
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Essay question 3: Collaborative Learning Introduction In the Book Review of Collaborative Learning‚ Stoerger said “ emphasis on collaborative learning is pushing educational community to a new forms” (2008). Collaborative learning involves groups of people to work‚ such as completing a project or producing a product. All team members’ work sequentially to the project and towards to the same goal. It is quite difference with cooperative learning‚ which members work concurrently on the project
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