Title Information systems and technology in the international office of the future : proceedings ... / edited by Bernard C. Glasson ... (et al.)

Edition First edition Published London ; Melbourne : Published by Chapman & Hall on behalf of IFIP, 1996

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Description [x], 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents 1. Global Inc: an experiment across time and space / Bernard Glasson, Doug Vogel and Pieter Bots -- 2. Working with groups using groupware: electronic problem structuring and project management support for face to face and dispersed organizational groups / F. Ackermann -- 3. The information superhighway: an on-ramp to global markets for Austrian corporations? / L. Alkier -- 4. An IBIS-based model for support group discussions / G. Bellassai, M. Borges and D. Fuller et al. -- 5. Measuring the impact of communication technology or group decision making / P. Bots and R. Streng -- 6. An internet realtime conference: design, experience and future application / I. Chang and L. Lin -- 7. Telecommunication and an information infrastructure in China / W. Chismar -- 8. Cultural factors in the adoption and use of GSS / R. Davison and E. Jordan -- 9. Operating systems for the multimedia office of the future / J. Dospisil, E. Kendall and A. Polgar -- 10. An analysis of IT platform and organizational requirements for multimedia cooperation on the internet: a case study on the international office of the future / S. Dustdar -- 11. Meetings bloody meetings - a transition in the concept of meeting as technology reduces dependency on time and geography / W. Hewett -- 12. The windmills of our minds: a workshop on culture clash in CSCW / G. Hofstede -- 13. Using the information superhighway to support organizational learning: content, context and infrastructure / L. Jessup and J. Valacich -- 14. Dual information systems for organizational working and learning - the business and breakdown layers / T. Kakola and K. Koota -- 15. Towards a common architecture paradigm for the global application of information technology / H. Lehmann -- 16. The conference/classroom of the future - an interdisciplinary approach / M. Muhlhauser, J. Borchers and C. Falkowski et al. -- 17. An example of the use of WWW as a tool and environment for research and collaboration / F. Quek and I. Tarr -- 18. An electronic social space for consultation and collaboration / S. Qureshi -- 19. The office tyrant: abuse of power through e-mail / C. Romm and N. Pliskin -- 20. Distributed work and client/server computing: issues from the field / S. Sawyer and R. Southwick -- 21. Development decision centers - a strategy to improve development decision-making / D. Splettstoesser -- 22. Culture-building in action: developing a vision for Global Inc. / A. Whiteley -- 23. Action learning: preparing workers for the international office of the future / P. Yoong -- 24. Teamwork training for mobile interdisciplinary teams / F. Bodendorf and R. Seitz -- 25. Globalisation of information systems in Australian organisations / P. Cerotti and J. Clifton -- 26. Decision Web: a tool for asynchronous meeting support / P. Danyi -- 27. A culturally sensitive model of technology and groups: focus on group support systems / T. Griffith and D. Vogel -- 28. Subject areas for teaching GSS facilitation / R. Jarman -- 29. The impact of physical environment on performance and satisfaction in the white collar office: an overview of the literature / D. Mittleman -- 30. The virtual office in practice: a case study / J. Williams -- 31. Making diffusion and adoption issues part of the design options and solution strategies for the international office of the future -- 32. When we can't get together: how large is the "value added" of video-conferencing over computer-conferencing -- 33. The international officer worker of the future -- 34. Round the clock work: the organisational issues -- 35. Round the clock work: the technology issues -- 36. Future environments Notes "Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.4 working conference on the International Office of the Future: Design Options and Solution Strategies, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, April 8-11, 1996" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Business -- Data processing -- Congresses. Information storage and retrieval systems -- Business -- Congresses. Information storage and retrieval systems -- Business. Information technology -- Congresses. Management information systems -- Congresses. Management information systems. Office information systems -- Congresses. Office practice -- Automation -- Congresses. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Glasson, B. C. (Bernard Charles), 1944- IFIP WG 8.4. ISBN 0412797909

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