ICT 2

• team structure - is described as a less hierarchical organizational structure in which individuals are divided into teams. In a business setup, team structure involves groups of people who form teams that work toward a common goal of the overall structure.
• Team technology defines team dynamics as the "unconscious, psychological forces that influence the direction of a team's behavior and performance".
• Team - is a special instance of a group in which the commonality is a shared goal. Team members are dependent on each other for success.
• group dynamics -  describes the way in which people in a group interact with one another. The group works well together when there is positive group dynamics.
• Participation - Encourage participation from across your organization wherein they belong as one.
• Collective - Each needs to help the group reach a consensus and then take action collectively on the decisions to make.
• Transparency - Feedback and trust are essential elements of collaboration. Being transparent with information is crucial.
• Independence - Ensure that group think does not emerge and that people are thinking for themselves.
• Persistence - You need to be persistent in your application of these principles, to ensure that all content is kept within the community and easily accessible to all members.
• Emergence - You need to ensure that you focus on the end goal rather than worrying about how it is achieved. The collaborative community should set their own goals.
• The common principles of collaboration applied to most organizations and other institutions

  • Participation
  • collective
  • transparency
  • Independence
  • Persistence
  • emergence
• Director ICT - is responsible for managing the communications, workstations, and servers of the school computer network.
• NETWORK TEAM - has a staff of highly trained and certified engineers who can work alongside your current IT staff to do projects that align with your needs and our skills.
• INFORMATION SYSTEM GROUPS - includes the people in organizations who design and build information systems, the people who use those systems, and the people responsible for managing those systems.
• Telecomms Team - information and communications technology (ICT) encompasses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications.
• DESKTOP AND MEDIA SERVICES TEAM - An IT help desk's main function is to enable business processes by providing integrated support.
• ONLINE COLLABORATIVE TOOLS AND PROCESSES - Collaboration means working with another individual or with a group in order to achieve something. Online collaboration lets people communicate and work together in real-time over the internet.
• Dropbox - Offers online file sharing with local storage and syncing. Dropbox can be used exclusively as a web-based file-sharing tool to easily share files with your friends by uploading and organizing files in folders.
• Google Drive - Functions as a file storage and sharing service as well as a site for you to work on documents, spread sheets, presentations and drawings online.
• Presentation/Visualization tools - are software used for create a sequence of test and graphics and audio and video to accompany a speech or public presentation.
• Prezi - is a tool alternative to PowerPoint that is usually used for business presentations slides zoom in and transition to the next during a presentation.
• Project Management - Is the process of planning, organizing and delineating responsibility for the completion of an organizations' specific information technology (IT) goals.
• To strengthen your team's dynamic, use the following strategies

  • know your team
  • Tackle problems quickly with good feedback
  • define roles and responsibilities
  • breakdown barriers
  • focus on communication
• Three main uses of collaboration software

  • coordination
  • conferencing
  • communication
• Communication

  • email
  • voicemail
  • instant messaging
  • VoIP (voice over IP)/video call
• Coordination

  • online calendar
  • time trackers
  • spread sheets
• cooperation

  • video conferencing
  • IM teleconferencing