Collaborative Information Technologies

by Khosrow-Pour, Mehdi

• ISBN13: 9781931777148
• ISBN10: 1931777144
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Igi Global

Summary

Collaborative information technologies are broadly defined as technologies that enable collaboration among individuals engaged in a common task. Examples of such technologies are Web-based chat tools, Web-based asynchronous conferencing tools, e-mail, listserve, collaborative writing tools, group decision support systems, etc. Collaborative Information Technologies includes research on the design and implementation of such technologies, assessment of the impact of collaborative technologies on organizations and theoretical considerations on links between collaborative technologies and organizational outcomes.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. i
Preface	p. iv
Extending Collaboration Support Systems: Making Sense in Remote Innovation	p. 1
Conceptual Linkages: An Analysis of the Organizational Learning, Collaborative Technology and Intellectual Capital Literature	p. 24
Process Improvement and Knowledge Communication	p. 50
The Effects of Collaborative Technologies	p. 63
The Collaborative Use of Information Technology: End-User Participation and System Success	p. 82
Promoting Collaboration among Trainers in the National Weather Service	p. 106
A KM-Enabled Architecture for Collaborative Systems	p. 112
Computer-Mediated Inter-Organizational Knowledge-Sharing: Insights from a Virtual Team Innovating Using a Collaborative Tool	p. 120
Alignment of Collaboration Technology Adoption and Organizational Change: Findings from Five Case Studies	p. 141
Information Retrieval Using Collaborating Multi-User Agents	p. 154
A Framework for the Implementation of a Collaborative Flexible Learning Environment for Academic Institutions	p. 167
Information Technology, Core Competencies and Sustained Competitive Advantage	p. 181
Fitting EMS to Organizations	p. 203
Ad Hoc Virtual Teams: A Multi-disciplinary Framework and a Research Agenda	p. 215
Overcoming Barriers in the Planning of a Virtual Library: Recognising Organisational and Cultural Change Agents	p. 228
The Wicked Relationship Between Organisations and Information Technology	p. 239
Inspecting Spam: Unsolicited Communications on the Internet	p. 262
Application of Information Management with Meeting Automation Tool	p. 274
A Distributed Cognition Analysis of Mobile CSCW	p. 281
About the Editor	p. 287
Index	p. 288
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