Workgroup manager's team collaboration solution for small business

Collaborative work requirements for workgroup manager
Team collaboration is the basis for joining the knowledge, experience and skills of multiple team members to contribute to development of projects. Collaboration requires effective work in groups. Group members should trust each other, closely communicate and contribute individual efforts to achieving the collaborative objectives. Progressive and collaborative work is based on proper actions. The position of team leader lays down the following requirements to a person:

• Knowledge of procedures and policies relating to team management
• Choosing and implementing small businesssoftware
• Control of information resources and computers
• Scheduling jobs and designing collaborative calendar
• Supervising tasks and directing collaborative efforts
• Abilities to assess team productivity and results

Without the workgroup manager, teams cannot communicate effectively and won't be more productive in theworkgroup mode/regime. He or she brings together teams and project participants, because policies and procedures are established and managed by this person.

Collaboration without boundaries
Many companies have overseas subsidiaries and field employees which are participants of an international workgroup, so these companies have to cope with issues of long distance. Such issues may cause poor collaboration and higher expenses. For example, team members in one country need to communicate with colleagues in other countries. They can use phone lines or virtual means of communication like chats, Scype, etc. But all these means bring more expenses or do not provide the team members with all the functionality needed. To provide close cooperation without boundaries or limitations in task management, communication, work monitoring, etc., the companies need to find a cost effective solution to keep their employees always connected.VIP Task Manager is the solution that allows to cope with long distance issues and create close cooperation.

Improved collaboration
There is a variety of tools and computer software to manage collaborative efforts and communication. If you are looking for a workgroup suite small businessapplication, you can choose VIP Task Manager . This client-server edition allows to synchronize collaborative efforts of workgroup members when each participant can view information and communicate with others at the same time. It includes the following features:

• Email exchange of to-do lists
• Real time communication through commenting tasks
• Task tracking through notifications and filter
• Assess collaborative productivity thru custom fields
• Share project documentation and any task-related information through Permissions panel
• Use of checklists and templates
• Create schedule and calendar
• Workflow management through Workflow Editor
• Secure database shared between computers
• Protected access for users of computers

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