Why do organizations often recognize the need for building collaboration skills for in-person teams but minimize the need for such endeavors in virtual groups? Let's look at a scenario for an in-person team and compare that with circumstances in various types of virtual organizations.
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To what extent are traditional behavioral approaches to collaboration useful in supporting effective collaboration in an Enterprise 2.0 environment? This is a question that I have been thinking about a lot. It raises the issue of whether a technological solution is sufficient in itself to ensure effective collaboration. If not, what else from what we know as traditional collaboration is necessary to support the technological solution to attain effective collaboration?
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Deciding what is or is not knowledge is a very important matter in our efforts to absorb knowledge from others. This decision can be made explicitly or implicitly. It can be made as a conscious decision or can occur outside of our conscious awareness. The result of this decision can impact individual and group creativity as well as the soundness of problem solving solutions that are developed.
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