Assignment

A senior manager requests a short briefing on virtual management software. Among other benefits, software of this type can facilitate organizational communications. Applying a search engine of choice, input "virtual management software" as the search term. Identify two products that specialize in the facilitation of managerial communication. Evaluate each product and the seller's case for it; that is: Are the product's characteristics and advantages articulated clearly? How would you rate the quality of the presentation? How easy is it to retrieve information from the Web site?

Generate a short briefing (300 to 400 words) contrasting and comparing the software products. Prepare this briefing in a professional paragraph style (no bullet lists or sentence fragments), and include the URLs relative to the products so that the "manager" (your mentor) may independently view the sites. Your assignment must be objective and written in the third person because the briefing's intent is merely to identify and describe products and presentations; no recommendations are desired.