Course Profile - Collaboration Technologies for Managers

Course Outline - Collaboration Technologies for Managers

Course Instructor: Ashok Ranade /Eugene Reuben
Contact:
Faculty Room : Second floor
Contact no.: Extn. 407
Email: ashok.ranade@bimtech.edu.in

Course Objectives:

To understand the effective use of all the tools and applications available to build strong teams in the modern age of Internet connectivity. Get hands-on practice in the use of various tools in the Google Apps family and get general exposure to various other alternate technologies available.

Pedagogical Methods:

Classroom lectures to explain the concepts, and live demonstrations of various
technologies. Hands on practice Lab sessions include exercises and small group
projects to provide the students the working skills to adopt these tools in day to day
collaborative activities . The course will also include case study presentations and
periodic quizzes.

Primary Teaching Book & Reading Material:

1. Presentation slides prepared by the teacher
2. Student Workbooks for Lab sessions.
3. Google Apps by Karl Barksdale and Ryan Teeter

Other Suggested Readings (Books):
1. Social Media Marketing by Dave Evans
2. Blogs, Wikis, Podcast by Will Richardson
3. Managing Virtual Teams by Katherine Brown
4. Facebook Marketing by Steve Holzner
5. You Tube for Business by Michael Miller
The students will be expected to go through (News Papers & Journals)

Other Course Policies:

No special policies for this course.

Exams:

2 quizzes during the trimester for assessment of student performance
Final exam at the end of the course.
Class Participation :
Full attendance in classroom sessions and completion of all Lab assignments.
System of Evaluation
Attendance 20%
Quizzes 20%
Case study & class participation 10%
Final examination 50%

Topics to be covered:

Session-wise Plan Practice Sessions
1 Team Collaboration Technologies Overview
2 Electronic Communication Tools Gmail, Groups,
3 Learning/ Content Management Systems Moodle
4 Voice/Video/ multimedia communication Chat, Talk, Webex, Skype
5 Document Sharing and Collaboration Sharepoint and Google Docs
6 Team Time Management Calendar, Tasks, MSProject
7 Web Presence Sites, Blogs, Wikis,
8 Social Media , Enterprise and Supply Chain Networks Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, B2B, B2C