Collaborative management: group/project collaboration & office automation software

Collaborative Management vs. Hierarchical Management

The life changes quickly nowadays. In the ebb and flow of world advancements and inventions follow one another really fast. The marketplace is changing too quickly and competition is severe. Companies and businesses should react instantly to new challenges and even foresee shifts in their market. Old hierarchical management model doesn't work in so rapidly changing and stressed conditions due to slow response. Hierarchy gives place to collaboration. Time is ripe for newer, more flexible and responsive, management model collaborative management.

The main idea of collaborative management is horizontal teamwork instead of vertical hierarchy. Such a model allows employees to react faster to a dynamic situation and operate on their own. People become more interdependent " they should rely on each other. Ability to collaboration and mutual assistance, self-discipline and self-reliance is required of every worker. Also there is a new challenge for managers: they need to be able to control autonomously working employees, which are often based at different locations. The task becomes more sophisticated when many people are involved in a large project.

Collaborative Management and Project Software

Project collaboration software could be extremely useful for today's managers and employees. It allows a group or team to share various forms of information. This kind of software is also known as group collaboration software. Project collaboration software helps many people involved in a common project cooperate effectively.

Key Functionality of Group Collaboration Software

• File sharing and office automation. Collaboration software allows sharing files, such as emails, text documents and pictures with colleagues, even if they are at the other side of the world.
• Group and individual calendars. The workers can use their individual calendar for self-organizing. Group calendar helps every employee keep the track of common workflow and find the most appropriate time for meetings and conferences.
• Notifications and reminders. Notification system will give no room for forgetfulness.
• Managers are able to control workflow 'on the fly'. They can assign and reassign tasks and see a status of each task.

All these features are extremely important for effective collaborative management. Project software accelerates and optimizes teamwork thanks to better coordination and automation. When using collaboration software both managers and employees are abreast of the latest changes. This strengthens team spirit and improves cooperation.

VIP Group Collaboration Software

VIP Task Manager is an integrated project management software with multi-user simultaneous access, which meets the needs of collaborative management. It could be used as project software, group calendar, notification system, office automation and collaboration software.VIP Task Manager increases personal and team productivity, makes staff management easier and helps employees do teamwork