Culture Shock:Weblogs and Wikis

Culture Shock

-Many different approaches to be analyzed when studying culture shock.

Most people and most companies don't really have a culture of collaboration and never had one.

Culture Shock in Collaboration

-from http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks/6206/
-as time goes on, collaboration continues but it can become unorganized.
-critical mass of info

begins to sprawl

-Solution: a person who can see the long term effect of not organizing.

this person will structure and reshape the existing content- a "shaper"

-Question to ask: Is my company/ group ready to use a wiki?

Q: Can this collaborate enough- The Culture of Collaboration
"Most people and most companies don't really have a culture of collaboration and never had one." -Alan Pelz-Sharpe. principal at CMS Watch, a research firm.
"If you don't have it, all the software in the world won't give you one [culture of collaboration]"

-It's good to introduce people to this "collaboration culture" because although it will be a culture shock at first it will help the business grow and thrive as one unit composed of multiple people.

important to have a "shaper"

"People are working on things independently of what they're told to work on. It's connecting people globally. That's the best possible outcome in the wiki world." -Pelz-Sharpe
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Weblogs and Wikis : CultureShock

Culture Shock

Culture Shock in Collaboration