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Tool to improve organisation
collaboration
ConvergenceAsia staff
01/08/2007
Organisations will be able
for the first time to measure how well their members work together and gauge
how to improve collaboration, using a new Collaboration Calculator
introduced by Verizon Business.
The web-based tool is designed to help large businesses and government
agencies measure the effectiveness of existing collaborative initiatives and
determine potential next steps for improving teamwork to help support common
business objectives and improve performance.
"In today's highly competitive global marketplace, effective collaboration
can be a strategic competitive differentiator," said Nancy Gofus, senior
vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Business. "Our
'Meetings Around the World' study last year demonstrated the direct
correlation between collaboration and business performance. This year, we're
making the mechanics behind that study directly available to our customers
to help them assess how best to use collaborative technologies to help boost
their own competitive edge."
Collaboration is a key driver of business performance, according to "Meetings
Around the World: The Impact of Collaboration on Business Performance,"
a study conducted in 2006 by Frost & Sullivan and sponsored by Verizon
Business and Microsoft. The study – which defined collaboration as an
interaction between culture and technology such as audio and net
conferencing, email and instant messaging – also found that professionals
around the world see their collaborative efforts as highly productive and
believe that collaboration through communications technologies can provide a
competitive advantage. Full details of the report can be found at
http://newscenter.verizon.com/kit/collaboration/.
The Collaboration Calculator uses the methodology of the Meetings Around the
World study so organisations can directly measure the impact of their own
collaborative efforts against the study’s Global Collaboration Index. |
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