Team Technology Supports Collaboration
Workgroup technology is designed to promote collaboration. Working together in collaboration can be not only a rewarding experience, but has traditionally facilitated some of the greatest human creations.
Where would Elton John have been without lyricist Bernie Taupin? Or Rodgers without Hammerstein?
Although our society often rewards competition, it is through collaboration that many great scientific discoveries have been made. In fact, it has been said that competition chokes the creative process.
We define collaboration as two or more individuals with complementary skills working together to create a shared understanding that none had previously possessed or could have come to on their own (Schrage, 1990). ...
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