What can Groupware do for you?

Groupware has many functions and can be a very useful tool to keep your company organized and your employees working in unity. While there are many advantages to using groupware I have listed a few key ideas below. By having some sort of groupware in your company you can allow your employees to:

• Share information

• Keep common schedules

• Manage e-mail

• Maintain bulletin boards

• Have several people work on one document

• Write Collectively

• Hold real-time network meetings

• Share files

• Share calendars

• Share database access

• Share spreadsheets

• Have electronic conferencing

• Have cooperative project management

As you can see, there are several advantages to using groupware to keep your company more organized and unified. Groupware will allow your employees to collaborate on information, ideas, and many other facets of their work and allow them to be more effective, productive, and organized. We already know that when we combine efforts of each individual in an organization, we will see greater achievements and more success. If your company could benefit from groupware, then I encourage you to find out more about it and explore different possibilities to see which one will fit your needs best. It will be one of best decisions you will make with regard to organization of your company documents, ideas, and information.

Learn every job and every position of your business. Be able to step in and help when needed. Be ready when employees quit, don't show, or simply think you can't manage without them. I can tell you from personal experience, all these things happen. The last thing you want is one of your employees having an upper hand with YOUR BUSINESS, because you can't do their job.

Be able to accept fact that you don't "know it all", regardless of your past experiences and expertise. Listen to your franchisor and other franchisees. It is your business, but they have been doing it longer. Utilize their knowledge and expertise. The wrong attitude coupled with a few bad decisions may jeopardize your investment and your dream.

Remember, one major variable in a franchises success is you. A franchise can be a very rewarding and profitable business when operated right way, by RIGHT PERSON!

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