Putting Things Together

Right now I am in the process of gathering all the sources my class mates have written about and putting them all together into a straight forward outline. Next I am going to write a 1250 word paper by explaining how I grouped together all these reflections and how these ideas are going to work their way into our final paper. I've divided my outline into three main parts that I found to have some commonplace in all the articles. The first is Collaboration Through Technology, Collaboration Between Companies and Organizations and Collaboration for Innovation. For the most part, all the reflections seemed to cover these three main parts and this information should provide me with enough room to work. Wish me luck.

Collaboration for Innovation Part II:

invention, transfer, efficiency, and innovation: 21st-century learning abilities can be taught:


Abstract from Academic Search Premier: The article discusses teaching strategies that teacher-librarians could use when teaching alone or in collaboration with a classroom teacher to produce learners who are able to compete in a global world. Present students with a task that requires them to place articles on the opinion line as taught. Give the students a unique problem to solve where the technique taught might be one key in the solution to the problem. Assess their ability to encounter this novel problem in a new situation.

When investigating strategies for improved learning in students, the program has to be efficient, inventive, transferrable and innovative. Most lesson plans depend too much on efficiency, but the other factors don't matter in as much. To keep the program from being redundant, innovative ideas must be implemented.

Teachers must allow students to form their own conclusions without fear of criticism.

Loertscher, David. "Invention, Transfer, Efficiency, and Innovation: 21st-Century Learning Abilities Can Be Taught." Teacher Librarian 34 (2007): 36. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Karl E. Mundt Library, Madison. 2 Oct. 2007.

Collaboration for Innovation Part I:

Radical Collaboration:

This article discusses how IBM is collaborating with allied companies in their microchip division. They are working to develop better technology through "innovation networks" (Hamm). These networks consist of individual researchers, outside companies and IBM scientists. It is important to note that the emphasis has shifted from national alliances to international alliances.

Around 2003, IBM was losing one billion dollars after deciding to invest five billion dollars in their chip set manufacturing department. It was determined that this venture was a failure and many investors had urged IBM to abandon the operation. IBM still saw potential in chip technology and still pursued the the highly profitable business in making powerful server computers. A silver lining was seen around the ominous cloud, but they had to fix something in order to attain success in the leading technology.

John Kelly, head of the semiconductor division, "summoned 10 executives to IBM's chip factory in East Fishkill, N.Y." (Hamm). He stated that IBM had to broaden its horizons by establishing alliances with IBM scientists. They needed to find a way to improve manufacturing, chip designs and overall relationships with several key allies. However, much of his effort was met with an equal amount of resistance from his people.

Spatial Characteristics of joint application networks in Japanese patents:

IBM learned that through networking, ideas were formed and manufacturing became more efficient. They came up with the motto for the 21st Century, "network, or die." (Hamm). They needed to develop race relations and during the 1990's, things didn't go so smoothly. They learned to adapt to cultural differences through face-to-face collaboration. One example is with Mukesh Khare, a project manager, who stated that "typically in group discussions, Toshiba engineers will say "yes" to signal they understand a proposal--not necessarily that they agree. Later, he'll circle back to them and find out what they really think." (Hiroyasu)


Hamm, Steve. "Radical Collaboration." Business Week 10 Sept. 2007: 16-22. Ebscohost. EBSCO. Karl E. Mundt Library, Madison. 2 Oct. 2007.


Inoue, Hiroyasu, Wataru Souma, and Schumpeter Tamada. "Spatial Characteristics of Joint Application Networks in Japanese Patents." Physics A 383 (2007): 152-157. Ebscohost. EBSCO. Karl E. Mundt Library, Madison. 2 Oct. 2007.

Getting Our Research Question

Would collaboration with a team through an organization allow the
efficiency and freedom that would innovate something for the future of
our society?

This is our question that I will refer to while I conduct my research.

Leadership And Organizational Change in a Competitive Environment

This paper explains that world leaders use seven key elements in creating change in global organizations.

• a flat and teamoriented organization
  
• 2) the nature of leadership
• 3) the best leaders teach leadership
  
• 4) leadership and organization culture
  
• 5) leadership evaluation and practices
  
• 6) leaders alienating followers
  
• 7) leadership and teamwork in a change process

Cleaning house privides fun to be had by all *Glee Face*

In the world of a medical practitioner, most of their life is spent at the hospital than in their own homes. They become so engrossed with their living conditions that they often don't notice the configuration of their own offices nor how they can improve their organization. Either they are oblivious of that fact or the second reason is that the hospital does not have enough money for an office suite or more storage space.

Configuring an office to tailor to the needs of the staff is of the up-most importance, however most doctors do tasks based on the rank of the person who made the request. The other important concept is that a doctor should identify and eliminate bottle necks. It is important to make sure that there is a steady flow of patients coming in a going out. The third concept is decluttering the front office. This is simple maintenance and treatment to the aesthetics of the office. A clean office leaves a lasting impression on the patients and allows the staff members to work efficiently together. Less mess, less stress. (LOL)

Garrett, David V. "Quick Ways to MAXIMIZE Your Office Space." Family Practice Management 14 (2007): 32-35. Proquest. Karl E. Mundt Library, Madison. 18 Sept. 2007 http://proquest.umi.com/

Collaborative Writing Assignment 1 (Second Life Edition)

The second article I found deals with the MMORPG known as Second Life. This game is different from what most people would consider the conformist idea of what a video game is. Second Life is like Myspace, but made as a virtual land in full, luscious 3-D graphics. Players create their own avatar, a digital representation of who they are or wish could be and live out a virtual life in an online social network.

Second Life has also provided the opportunity for students to learn in this social network with the use of online classes. Students are able to meet in this online world and receive lectures from their professor. This form of education has grown in population lately due to the fact that some adult students find it more convenient to meet online instead of in a class room. A game like Second Life is able to allow the students to meet at their convenience, but still attain the social atmosphere that a college environment provides.

Second Life also provides collaborative learning and partnership between students. Activities include pair and group challenges. These activities provide the face-to-face relationship between students but also allow them to work at their own pace.

Childress, Marcus D., and Ray Braswell. "Using Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games for Online Learning." Distance Education 27 (2006): 187-197. Proquest. Karl E. Mundt Library, Madison. 18 Sept. 2007.