Editing Collaboration tool (section)

=== Coordination ===
Coordination is defined as "the deliberate and orderly alignment or adjustment of partners’ actions to achieve jointly determined goals".<ref>{{Cite book|title = TheTwoFacetsofCollaboration: Cooperation and Coordination in Strategic Alliances|last1 = Gulati|first1 = Ranjay|publisher = Harvard Business School|year = 2012|pages = 12|url = https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/10996795/gulati,wohlgezogen,zhelyazkov_the-two-facets_20120430.pdf?sequence=1|last2 = Wohlgezogen|first2 = Franz|last3 = Zhelyazkov|first3 = Pavel}}</ref> Collaboration tools supporting this are the ones who allow a person to set up group activities, schedules and deliverables.

==== Online calendars ====
{{main|Online calendar}}Online calendars are part of professional behaviour at work and fully integrated in other systems. As a research paper from University of Bath explains, online calendars could in the future be much closely linked to other data such as [[social media]] and have even a larger effect.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Calendar as a Sensor: Analysis and Improvement Using Data Fusion with Social Networks and Location|last1 = Lovett|first1 = Tom|publisher = University of Bath|year = 2010|location = Bath|pages = 1–3|url = http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/pervasive/publications/lovett-ubicomp10.pdf|last2 = O’Neill|first2 = Eamonn|last3 = Irwin|first3 = James|last4 = Pollington|first4 = David}}</ref>

==== Time-tracking software ====
{{main|Time-tracking software}}Time trackers are especially used to measure the performance of employees. Its effect on productivity is discussed as being controversial.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Time Tracking to Improve Productivity|last1 = Giersch|first1 = Peter|publisher = Cathedral Consulting Group|year = 2014|pages = 1–3|url = http://cathedralconsulting.com/files/April%202014%20TOPIC%20Financial_Systems.pdf|last2 = Zignego|first2 = Virginia}}</ref>

==== Spreadsheets ====
[[Spreadsheet]]s are like emails very popular within the corporate environment and as a collaboration tool essential for financial analysis or modelling. Although very popular, several studies found out that many spreadsheets contain inaccurate data and are therefore inefficient.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Future of Spreadsheets as Financial Analysis Platforms|last = Shaun|first = Stoltz|publisher = Data C Ltd.|year = 2004|pages = 1–5|url = http://hosteddocs.ittoolbox.com/SS110504.pdf}}</ref>{{main|Spreadsheet}}