5. Collaborating on Team Projects Progressive organizations employ teams to achieve their objectives. Because much team-based work involves writing, professionals need to be aware of the potentials and pitfalls associated with writing in teams. Read the scenarios, and then answer the questions that follow. You work for an IT company that specializes in Internet security and is just breaking into the international market. A renowned company in Germany just contacted you and requested a proposal in the next 24 hours. If your company gets this job, it will be the opportunity that it's been waiting for and that it needs for growth. You need to get this proposal out on time. You normally handle all proposals on your own; however, 24 hours is a very short deadline. Who should write the proposal? You O The director of IT security You and a team of coworkers You work in HR. You are leading a cross-functional team that is preparing recommendations on how to improve the company's recruiting process. Your team has completed its initial investigation and is ready to begin brainstorming and working on its report. During this phase of the writing process, what would be the best strategy for your team? O Your team should work together closely to brainstorm and plan the report. Your team should work separately to brainstorm and plan individual report sections. You should brainstorm and plan the report on your own and then share it with the team. Your team consists of 12 members, each in different locations, who are collaborating on a detailed committee report. Your team is in the final phase of the writing process and is making final edits to the report. Because you are each responsible for different aspects of the finalization process, the entire team needs to track changes so that the edits are visible before they are finalized. Which collaboration tools would be best for this situation? Check all that apply. E-mail Google Docs Wiki While editing the work of one of your employees, you notice many typing and proofreading errors that should have been caught before the report was sent to you. Additionally, you notice mistakes in the calculations that would negatively impact the project outcomes. Which of the following would be a polite way of asking the employee to do a better job proofreading their work? The numbers are all wrong. Please fix them, and please proofread your work. O This is sloppy and full of errors. Please fix everything before I read it again. While the projections look good, please verify the accuracy of the numbers. I noticed a few spelling errors, so please review with spell check