Collaborative Information Technologies

by Khosrow-Pour, Mehdi Khosrow-Pour

Overview

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, listservs, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931777148
Publisher:	IGI-Global
Publication date:	04/01/2002
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	6.72(w) x 9.98(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	i
	Preface	iv
Chapter 1.	Extending Collaboration Support Systems: Making Sense in Remote Innovation	1
Chapter 2.	Conceptual Linkages: An Analysis of the Organizational Learning, Collaborative Technology and Intellectual Capital Literature	24
Chapter 3.	Process Improvement and Knowledge Communication	50
Chapter 4.	The Effects of Collaborative Technologies	63
Chapter 5.	The Collaborative Use of Information Technology: End-User Participation and System Success	82
Chapter 6.	Promoting Collaboration among Trainers in the National Weather Service	106
Chapter 7.	A KM-Enabled Architecture for Collaborative Systems	112
Chapter 8.	Computer-Mediated Inter-Organizational Knowledge-Sharing: Insights from a Virtual Team Innovating Using a Collaborative Tool	120
Chapter 9.	Alignment of Collaboration Technology Adoption and Organizational Change: Findings from Five Case Studies	141
Chapter 10.	Information Retrieval Using Collaborating Multi-User Agents	154
Chapter 11.	A Framework for the Implementation of a Collaborative Flexible Learning Environment for Academic Institutions	167
Chapter 12.	Information Technology, Core Competencies and Sustained Competitive Advantage	181
Chapter 13.	Fitting EMS to Organizations	203
Chapter 14.	Ad Hoc Virtual Teams: A Multi-disciplinary Framework and a Research Agenda	215
Chapter 15.	Overcoming Barriers in the Planning of a Virtual Library: Recognising Organisational and Cultural Change Agents	228
Chapter 16.	The Wicked Relationship Between Organisations and Information Technology	239
Chapter 17.	Inspecting Spam: Unsolicited Communications on the Internet	262
Chapter 18.	Application of Information Management with Meeting Automation Tool	274
Chapter 19.	A Distributed Cognition Analysis of Mobile CSCW	281
	About the Editor	287
	Index	288