Conclusion Because a growing number of organizations are using alternative employment methods such as telecommuting (Zaccaro & Klimoski, 2001), many team members may not be able to meet on a regular face-to-face basis, but there are some valuable tools available that can facilitate the organizational communications process, including Team Room by Lotus Development Corporation. Implications for Professional Development Given the enormous amount of scare resources that are involved, it is vitally important for practitioners to keep abreast of changes in information technology that can help them do their jobs more efficiently and effectively (Hoctor & Thierauf, 2003)
¶ … Genre Systems: Structuring Interaction through Communicative Norms" by JoAnne Yates and Wanda Orlikowski (2008) Because all organizations are comprised of people, developing and sustaining effective organizational communications represent a timely enterprise for businesses of all sizes and types today (Miner, 2002)
This paper provides an analysis of this study, followed by a summary of the research and important findings in the conclusion. Review and Analysis Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study by Yates and Orlikowski (2008) was to provide support for the proposition that genre systems can provide insights concerning how teams develop habitual ways of communicating within organizations by empirically drawing on data from a field study of teams using Team Room, a collaborative application tool provided by Lotus Development Corporation (Yates & Orlikowski, 2008)
In addition, Yates and Orlikowski suggest that the use of Team Room by teams can help improve organizational communications in transformative ways, allowing for communications when and where team members prefer and producing a synergistic outcome that might not otherwise have been possible. Conclusion Because a growing number of organizations are using alternative employment methods such as telecommuting (Zaccaro & Klimoski, 2001), many team members may not be able to meet on a regular face-to-face basis, but there are some valuable tools available that can facilitate the organizational communications process, including Team Room by Lotus Development Corporation
This paper provides an analysis of this study, followed by a summary of the research and important findings in the conclusion. Review and Analysis Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study by Yates and Orlikowski (2008) was to provide support for the proposition that genre systems can provide insights concerning how teams develop habitual ways of communicating within organizations by empirically drawing on data from a field study of teams using Team Room, a collaborative application tool provided by Lotus Development Corporation (Yates & Orlikowski, 2008)