Team Collaboration: Using Microsoft® Office for More Effective Teamwork

Chapter 1. Collaboration Basics

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Team dynamics and leadership

• The importance of dissent

• Generating and evaluating ideas

• The needs of virtual teams

• Working alone and together

• Collaborative tools in Microsoft Office

• A real example

WHAT DOES IT MEAN to work in collaboration as a team? Sometimes, it’s as simple as sharing resources and information, but complex concepts are also involved. For example, collaboration depends on relationships that team members build and maintain, and at the foundation of these relationships lies the need for each team member to act accountably toward his or her own responsibilities. The pursuit of group goals and objectives that depend on individual responsibilities is a dynamic that’s always active, and how teams ...