Distributed Collaboration
16 important questions on Distributed Collaboration
What is the definition of 'traditional teams'?
What are the common characteristics of the 'Distributed Team'?
- Self Managed
- Geographically Dispersed
- Technologically reliant
- Cross-functional
- Short-term
- Multiple membership
- Multiple organizations
What are the common characteristics of the 'Traditional Team'?
- Management-led
- Co-located
- Face-to-face
- Mono-functional
- Clear membership
- Single organization
- Long-term
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What is the Allen Curve and how does it work?
How does co-location in the spatial dimension relate to creating a 'shared identity'? Or in other words, why does co-location matter?
- Social Facilitation effect = Better performance of easy tasks
- Social Pressure = Increases involvement in the group and feeling of group identity
- Mere exposure effect = Induced cooperation and conformity
Claim: Why does being in the same office create a shared identity and better performance? See above.
How does the temporal dimension create a power/status difference?
Does the Allen Curve, introduced in 1977 still hold? What are the assumptions within this theory?
What is the social facilitation effect?
However, when tasks are more complex, performance will be worse.
What is the temporal dimension, and what are the common effects of this dimension?
It;
- Influences synchonous communication
- Increases coordination complexity
- Hinders real time problem solving
- and Makes power and status differences more salient
What does the 'media richness theory' entail?
What are the four criteria of the media richness theory?
- The availability of instant feedback
- The capacity of the medium to transmit multiple cues, such as body language, voice toine, inflection
- The use of natural langual (can you use spoken speech, or do you have to use written speech?)
- The personal focus of the medium (is it limited to one recipient or adressed to everyone)
What are some examples of rich vs lean mediums, according to the media richness theory?
Face to face
Video Conferencing
Telephone (middle)
Instant messaging
Written addressed documents (letters, emails)
Unadressed documents (posters, bulk mail)
Leaner mediums
What does the configurational dimension entail?
What are the characteristics that define the Configurational Dimension?
- Site - number of locations where team members work
- Imbalance - locations with uneven distribution of team members
- Isolation - locations where team members work alone
- Expertise - combination of specialised expertise in the team:
- this influences information distribution/conflict/awareness
- is a primary barrier to shared identity!
What are the practical implications of "Secrets of Great Teamwork"?
- Traditional Conditions (common goal, structure, etc) rise in importance
- Building a shared identity a new but key, challenge
- Teams now perceive themselves as smaller subgroups, rather than one cohese group
- Incomplete info is more prevalent and has to be managed proactively
- Do not underestimate the limitations of reliance on digital communication.
You overcome this by investing in structured time and more opportunities for interaction
What are the specific challenges when you combine innovation efforts with distributed collaboration?
- Combining diverse knowledge
- Problems are not well specified
- Tasks cannot be easily allocated to individuals
- Expectations are not clear
- Unpredictable trajectory
- New ways of evaluating ideas
- Need for consensus building
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