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Read Case Incident 1: Warning: Collaboration Overload (p. 208 of your textbook).

1. (a) Provide [up to 5 points for each way; 10 total points possible] two ways you think collaboration overload could have an impact on decision making in the workplace.
   (b) Explain why you think each way (explain each separately) could impact decision making [up to 5 points for each explanation; 10 total points possible].
2. List two common biases from this chapter that you think play into managers’ continued expectations for the use of collaboration and collaboration tools in the workplace, [providing the name of the bias is required for credit on this question] and then explain how you think each bias (discuss each separately) influences these continued expectations [up to 10 points for each explanation; 20 total points possible].
   Hint: Refer to the “Common Biases and Errors and Decision Making” section of your textbook (pp. 189-193).
3. (a) In your own words, what is “escalating citizenship”? [up to 10 total points possible]
   (b) Have you ever noticed this phenomenon occur (either with yourself or others)? [Direct answer is required for credit on the rest of this question] Explain (even if your answer is “no”). [up to 10 total points possible]

Next, read the following article:

(2016, Jan 23). The collaboration curse. The Economist, 418, 67-63. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.troy.edu/docview/1759060895?accountid=38769 (Links to an external site.)[If this link does not work, you can download the article here: The collaboration curse article.pdf]

1. (a) In your own words, what is “attention residue”? [up to 10 total points possible]
   (b) What can you do (in your “real” job or your job as a student) to avoid problems resulting from attention residue? [up to 10 total points possible]
2. (a) What is argued in this article to be the “biggest problem with collaboration”? [up to 5 total points possible]
   (b) Why? [up to 5 total points possible]
   (c) Do you agree this is a problem? [Direct answer is required for credit on the rest of this question] [up to 10 total points possible]