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Key factors to support Great Group

This table 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	N/A
self directed	Lifelong Learning	N/A
Good working environment
Isolation from bureaucracy	N/A	N/A
Get needed materials.	Communication	E-mail, BBS, resource management and logistic planning tools
Energized, fun environment	N/A	N/A
Meaningful communication with collaborators	Organizational memory, Information overload	LivingOM, filters, push/pop information technologies
Right person at the right job.	Expert Exchange	Recommender Systems
Open source system	Symmetry of ignorance, Communication, Knowledge Management	email, BBS, web conference, resource management
Critiquing	Critiquing	E-mail, BBS, Embedded critiquing systems

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