Table 2 shows summary of concepts and systems to support key factors of Great Groups.
| Goal | Concept | System |
|---|---|---|
| Strong, good leader | ||
| Find and hire great talents | Learning, Knowledge Management, Expert Exchange | LivingOM, Expert Exchange |
| highly devoted | Organizational Knowledge Management | LivingOM |
| High motivation / moral for members | ||
| Feel important | Organizational Knowledge Management | LivingOM |
| Unifying Goal / Have enemy | Organizational Knowledge Management | LivingOM |
| work is its own reward | Lifelong Learning | ? |
| self directed | Lifelong Learning | ? |
| Good working environment | ||
| Isolation from bureaucracy | ? | ? |
| Get needed materials. | Communication | E-mail, BBS, resource management and logistic planning tools |
| Energized, fun environment | ? | ? |
| Meaningful communication with collaborators | Organizational memory, Information overload | LivingOM, filters, push/pop information technologies |
| Right person at the right job. | Expert Exchange | Recommender Systems |
| Critiquing | Critiquing | E-mail, BBS, Embedded critiquing systems |
In addition, technologies which improve scalability are also required to support new model of Great Groups.
Organizational Knowledge Management systems, with good filtering technologies which delivers right information to right person at right time, will play an important role for scalability.
EDC-like collaborative systems which combinate physical meetings and virtual ones will also be demanded.