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The chapters in this volume explore cutting-edge research being conducted on emerging information technologies. All of the technologies are well known; this book's unique contribution is its explanation of the application and relevance for managers, consultants, and decision makers. The ultimate purpose of Emerging Information Technologies is to enable its readers - managers, consultants, scholars, and researchers - to build bridges from technological emergence to the technological sublime. In-depth topics include * Recommendation Systems * Hypermedia/Hypertext * Data Warehousing * Artificial Intelligence (AI) * Group Support Systems (GSS) * Executive Information Systems (EIS) * Virtual Teams * Information Delivery Systems (IDS) * E-Commerce * Client Server Systems * Knowledge Work Productivity
Group Support Systems, Power, and Influence in an Organization: A Field Study
Group Support Systems, Power, and Influence in an Organization: A Field Study
Group support systems have attracted attention from researchers and practitioners as potentially improving organizational effectiveness through their abilities to reduce communication barriers, increase productivity, and facilitate decision-making activities (Benbasat, DeSanctis, & Nault, 1991; Dennis, George, Jessup, Nunamaker, & Vogel, 1988; Pinsonneault & Kraemer, 1989; Gray, Vogel, & Beauclair, 1990). Research in this area has concentrated on one of two streams: (1) the design and evaluation of features of the technology; and (2) the effects of the technology on group decision outcomes and processes. The second of these categories has received a great amount of interest from IS researchers, and the number of ...
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