Skip to McMaster Navigation Skip to Site Navigation Skip to main content
McMaster logo

Technology to Support Workload Management

Where, when, and how we work continues to evolve. For productive collaboration to continue, McMaster employees need new ways to come together and contribute without sharing the same physical space. Thankfully, Office 365’s online collaboration tools enable people to collaborate with each other even when they are far apart.

laptop

MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 APPLICATIONS

Office 365 provides a suite of tools that can help individuals and teams manage their workloads more efficiently and effectively. By leveraging these applications that are included in all McMaster employee’s Office 365 toolkit, users can streamline their workflows, improve communication, and stay organized.

proven benefits of real-time collaboration:   

Real-time collaboration between multiple people happens simultaneously—an entire team of people can work together on the same project at the same time.   

  • Improved participation and knowledge sharing from working together as a team just as you would if you were in the same room. 
  • Increased efficiency and productivity from a simplified and seamless process that eliminates back-and-forth communications and replaces the chaos of multiple versions with a single, shared document living in the cloud.   
  • Higher employee morale and job satisfaction and decreased feelings of isolation and loneliness associated with remote work.  
  • Streamlined workflow with meetings, conversations, and file sharing—all happening simultaneously.      
  • Expansive reach and scope from the ability to connect anyone inside and outside your business including employees, clients, and vendors. 

Learning Opportunities