Case
Study 2: Collaboration Systems at Isuzu Australia Limited
Due
Week 7 and worth 140 points
Read
the case study in Chapter 12 titled “Collaboration Systems at Isuzu Australia
Limited”.
Write
a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
1. Summarize the main
reason(s) that prompted Isuzu Australia Limited (IAL) to use collaboration
technologies.
2. Identify the platform
that IAL chose as an online portal and content management system, and describe
the main reason(s) why IAL chose such a specific platform.
3. Discuss the
significant attributes of a wiki, and describe the overall manner in which IAL
uses wikis for its internal collaboration.
4. Speculate on the main
challenges that IAL could face when implementing groupware, and suggest one (1)
step that IAL could take in order to mitigate the challenges in question.
5. Use at least three (3)
quality reference. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as
academic resources.
Your
assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New
Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
·
Include a cover page containing the
title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course
title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The
specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Identify emerging technologies that
enable new forms of communication, collaboration, and partnering.
·
Use technology and information resources
to research issues in information management.
·
Write clearly and concisely about
information management systems using proper writing mechanics.
Grading
for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of
the paper, and language and writing skills, using the followingrubric
found here.
