Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv From: groupware@arch.ping.dk (Groupware FAQ) Newsgroups: comp.groupware,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: comp.groupware FAQ: Bibliography4: Frequently Asked Questions Supersedes: Followup-To: comp.groupware Date: 7 May 1997 09:07:28 GMT Organization: University of Copenhagen Lines: 973 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Expires: 24 Jul 1997 09:06:54 GMT Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: penguin-lust.mit.edu Summary: Groupware Bibliography, part four Keywords: CSCW, orgware, group, interactive, shared, environments X-Last-Updated: 1995/08/20 Originator: faqserv@penguin-lust.MIT.EDU Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.groupware:9966 comp.answers:25855 news.answers:101871 Archive-name: comp-groupware-faq/bibliography4 Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: 1995.4.4 Version: 3.1 Copyright: 1995 (C) David S. Stodolsky, PhD Groupware Bibliography - Part 4 =============================== Business Process Redesign list ------------------------------ BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING/REDESIGN is a term which is now firmly established in the management vocabulary. It refers to attempts to achieve order of magnitude improvements in organisa- tional performance by redesigning the processes by which an organisation delivers value to its customers. The newly designed processes are often enabled by IS/IT. In many quoted cases, this has led to transformational changes in the way in which organisa- tions are structured. In particular, traditional functional structures, and the barriers between them, are being broken down in favour of multi-disciplinary teams responsible for complete processes. 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Sol, Dept of Systems Engineering and Policy Analysis sol@sepa.tudelft.nl --------------------------- Dr. Alexander Verbraeck Delft University of Technology Faculty TWI Dept of Information Systems PO Box 356, 2600 AJ Delft The Netherlands Tel: +31 15 783805 Secr: +31 15 784475 Fax: +31 15 786632/787022 e-mail: A.Verbraeck@is.twi.tudelft.nl OR winfave@duticai.twi.tudelft.nl http://www.twi.tudelft.nl/People/A.Verbraeck.html >dynamic modelling info Business Process Re-engineering References ------------------------------------------ From: Dave Retherford Subject: List of BPR and SW RE references/citations ========================================================================== Business Process Reengineering (BPR) Software Reengineering Reverse Engineering ========================================================================== [Articles] +Abuaf, Alvi and Alba Medina, "Technology's role in business process reengineering," Wall Street & Technology, September 1993, v11 n3, p. 72. +Alter, Allen E., "'Business as usual' no more: corporations are depending on IS to help," Computerworld, December 27, 1993 v28 n1, p. 24. Arnold, Robert S. and William B. Frakes, "Software Reuse and Reengineering," CASE Trends, February 1992, pp. 44-48. +Bae, Hee Man, "Process flow modeling and analysis: a practitioner's approach," Industrial Engineering, June 1993, v25 n6, p. 54(2). Baum, David , "Reducing the Burden of Software Maintenance: Software Re-engineering is one of the leading issues confronting information executives," InfoWorld, Vol. 14, No. 27, July 6, 1992, p. 58. Boynton, Andrew C. et al, "New Competitive Strategies: Challenges to Organizations and Information Technology," IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, March 1993, pp. 40-65. Brown, James H., "The Strategic Business Context For Information Engineering and CASE," CASE Trends, February 1992, pp. 24, 27-29, 43. Byrne, John A., "The Horizontal Corporation," Business Week, December 20, 1993, pp. 76-81. +Carey, David, "Reegineering Success; many organizations are redesigning their business processes to dramatically improve costs and efficiency," I.T. Magazine, Nov. 1993, v25 n11, p. 12(6). +Chikofsky, Elliot J. and James H. Cross II, "Reverse Engineering and Design Recovery: A Taxonomy," IEEE Software, Jan. 1990, v7 n1, pp. 13-17. Chivvis, Andrei and John Geyer, "Folklore Kills," Corporate Computing, June 1993, p. 57. +Choi, S. and W. Scacchi, "Extracting and Restructing the Design of Large Systems," IEEE Software, January 1990. Currid, Cheryl, "Everyone's re-engineering except the computer companies," InfoWorld, August 30, 1993, v15, n35, p62. Davenport, Thomas H. et al, "How Executives Can Shape Their Company's Information Systems," Harvard Business Review, March-April 1989, pp. 130-134. Davenport, Thomas H. and J. E. Short, "The new Industrial Engineering: Information Technology and Business Process Redesign," Sloan Management Review, Summer 1990, pp. 11-27. Davis, Jack M., "Software Re-engineering: Capture Tools," CASE Trends, Fall 1991, pp. 30, 33-34. Delligatta, Ann, "System Reengineering and the User," Information Systems Management, Winter 1992, v9 n1, pp76-77. Diefenbacher, Bob, "Rightsizing re-engineering," MIDRANGE Systems, June 22, 1993, v6 n12, p52(3). +Dion, Raymon, "Process improvement and the corporate balance sheet," IEEE Software, July 1993, v10 n4, p28(8). Drake, Kalvin, "Is Software Re-engineering the Savior of CASE?" Computing Canada, Vol. 18, No. 22, October 26, 1992, p. 38. Dulkeley, Debra, "Andersen Reengineers Big Business," Systems Integration Business, August 1991, pp. 22-25, 27. Eastwood, Allen, "It's a Hard Sell - and Hard Work Too," Computing Canada, Vol. 18, No. 22, October 26, 1993, p. 35. +Goodman, Joanna, "Change of direction: business process re-engineering," Computer Weekly, September 23, 1993, p. 28. Goss, Tracy, Richard Rascale, and Anthony Athos, "The Reinvention Roller Coaster: Risking the Present for a Powerful Future," Harvard Business Review, November-December 1993, pp. 97-108. Hammer, Michael, "Reengineering Work: Don't Automate, Obliterate," Harvard Business Review, July-August 1990, pp. 104-112. Hammer, Michael, "Hammering Out the Transformed Organization," CASE Trends, November-December 1991, pp. 35, 37-39. +Hammer, Michael and James Champy, "Explosive Thinking," Computerworld, May 3, 1993, v27 n18, p. 123(2). +Hanna, Mary, "Re-engineering Aims for Legacy Salvation," Software Magazine, September 1993. Hayley, Kathryn, et al, "Reengineering Tops CIO Menu," Datamation, April 15, 1993, pp. 73-74. +Hersh, Art, "Where's the return on process improvement?," IEEE Software, July 1993, v10 n4, p. 12. Houston, Patrick, "Old System, New Life," Corporate Computing, November 1992, pp. 160-167. Hovaness, Haig, "Wanted: New Leadership," Corporate Computing, June 1993, p. 43. Huff, Sid L., "Reengineering the Business," Business Quarterly, Winter 1992, pp. 38-42. Jeffery, Brian, "Shifting priorities: challenges of IS lie in finding value in enterprise-based ," MIDRANGE Systems, Rightsizing Supplement, v6 n21, pS12(2). Kador, John, "Reengineer To Boost Software Productivity," Datamation, December 15, 1992, pp. 57-58. Keane, John F., "A CIO's Perspective on the Impact of Software Re-engineering," Software Re-engineering, white paper, CASE Trends, June 1992, pp. 3-4, 16. +Knight, Robert M., "Factoring in reengineering: MRP II won't help a company that must rethink work processes," Information Week, June 14, 1993, n429, p. 33 (2). Kortesoja, Al, "Redevelopment Engineering: A Management View," CASE Trends, April 1992, pp. 34, 36-37. Kortesoja, Al, "Redevelopment Engineering: A Management View, Part II," CASE Trends, May 1992, pp. 54-56. Layne, Rich, "Miles Of Files," Corporate Computing, October 1992, pp. 140-145. +Locascio, Charles J. (Capt.) and Matthew M. Darpel (Lt.), "Software Reengineering for the Future with Ada," Crosstalk, December 1993, pp. 22-24. Luftman, Jerry N., et al, "Transforming the enterprise: the alignment of business and information strategies," IBM Systems Journal, March 1993, v32 n1, p198(24). McCabe, Thomas J. and Eldonna S. Williamson, "Tips On Reengineering Redundant Software," Datamation, April 15, 1992, pp. 71-74. McDavid, Douglas W., "Business and Systems Planning: Building a New Alliance," Database Programming & Design, Vol. 5, No. 10, October 1992, p. 28. +Mehler, Mark and Ira Sager, "The reengineering mind-set: the differences among the consultancies are subtle, and getting subtler," Information Week, May 10, 1993, n424, p. S6(16). Middleton, Timothy, "Reshaping Risk a Cigna," Corporate Computing, November 1992, pp. 169-172. Mimno, Pieter, "Use of Client/Server Tools to Enable Software Re-Engineering," CASE Trends, June 1992, pp. 21-22, 24-25. +Moad, Jeff, "Does reengineering really work?," Datamation, August 1, 1993, v39 n15, p. 22(4). +Moore, John, "BPR evolves from 1970s-era Air Force activities," Federal Computer Week, September 20, 1993, v7 n28, p. S10. Nevin, Howard, "Add Re-engineering to the IT Mix and Stir," Government Computer News, Vol. 12, No. 5, March 1, 1993, p. 25. Nevin, Howard, "7 Worthy Goals for your Re-engineering Program," Government Computer News, Oct. 25, 1993, v12 n23, p19. +Network World, "Network reengineering for competitive advantage," Network World (supplement), August 1993, v10 n34, p. S1(6). +Olsem, Michael R. and Chris Sittenauer, "Reengineering Terminology," CrossTalk, Special Edition, 1993, p. 30. Palmer, Scott D., "A Plan That Cured Chaos," Datamation, January 1, 1993, pp. 77-78. Peterson, Leroy, "Reengineering Your Business: It's a Lot More Than Streamlining," Industry Week, July 20, 1992, p. 38. Pfrenzinger, Steven, " Reengineering Goals Shift Toward Analysis, Transition: Users Adjust Expectations As Suppliers Work On Next-Generation Capture Tools," Software Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 14, October 1992, p. 44. Ray, Gary, "Change Managers Speed Re-Engineering," Computerworld, Sept. 7, 1992, v26 n36, pp.81-82. Rice, Colin, "The six principles of re-engineering," Computing Canada, Vol. 18, No. 23, November 9, 1992, p. 12. Scherr, Allan L., "A new approach to business processess," IBM Systems Journal, March 1993, v32 n1, p80(19). Schnitt, David L., "Reengineering the Organization Using Information Technology," Journal of Systems Management, January 1993, pp. 14-20, 41. +Schwarz, Karen D., "Re-engineering drives federal spending for software," Government Computer News, Oct. 25, 1993 v12 n23, p. 47. Seybold, Patricia B., "Business Process Design: The Next Breakthrough in Organization Effectiveness," Patricia Seybold's Office Computing Report, Vol. 15, No. 9, September 1992, p. 20. Seymour, Jim, "Three Tenets for Re-engineering the PC Business," PC Week, Vol. 10, No. 2, January 18, 1993, p. 61. +Strassmann, Paul A., "Re-engineering: an emetic in a perfume bottle?," Computer World, August 16, 1993, v27 n33, p. 33. +Sullivan, Patrick, "Re-engineering: worth another visit," Computing Canada, October 12, 1993, v19 n21, p. 43. Ulrich, William M., "Business Re-engineering and Software Re-engineering: The Relationship and Impact," CASE Trends, September-October 1991, pp. 35-38. +Watson, Arthur, "Incremental Reengineering: Keeping Control of Software," CrossTalk, January 1994, pp. 13-14. Weber, Robert and John Kelly, "Business Reengineering--with the Customer in Mind," Business Communications Review, November 1993, pp. 44-48. Wood, Michael, "A Re-engineering Economics Model," CrossTalk, June/July 1992, pp. 20-23, 25. [Books] +Ainsworth-Land, George T., "Breakpoint and beyond : mastering the future--today," HarperBusiness, 1992. ISBN: 0-887-30547-4 +Allen, Thomas J., Scott Morton, et. al., "Information technology and the corporation of the 1990s : research studies," Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN: 0-195-06806-8 +Arnold, Robert S., "Software Reengineering," IEEE Computer Society Press, 1993. IBSN: 0-8186-3272-0 *Davenport , Thomas, "Process Innovation: Reegineering work through information technology," Harvard Business School Press, 1992. ISBN: 0-875-84355-2 +Grantham, Charles E., "The digital workplace : designing groupware platforms," Van Nostrand, 1993. ISBN: 0-442-01123-7 *Hammer, Michael and James Champy, "Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution", HarperBusiness, New York, 1993. IBSN: 0-88730-6403 *Harrington, H. James, "Business Process Improvement: the breakthrough strategy for total quality, productivity, and competitiveness," McGraw-Hill, 1991. ISBN: 0-070-26768-5 *Johansson, Henry J., Patrick McHugh, et al, "Business Process Reengineering: BreakPoint Stratigies for Market Dominance," John Wiley & Sons, 1993. IBSN: 0-471-93883-1 +Strebel, Paul., "Breakpoints : how managers exploit radical business change," Harvard Business School Press, 1992. ISBN: 0-875-84369-7 +Tomasko, Robert M., "Rethinking the corporation : the architecture of change," AMACOM, 1993. ISBN: 0-814-45022-9 [Proceedings] Arnold, Robert S., "Processes for Reengineering Real Time Systems," Proceedings: CASE World - 1992, Vol. II, pp. D14. [Reports] Deloitte & Touche, Leading Trends in Information Services: Fifth Annual Survey of North American CIOs--1993, Deloitte & Touche Information Technology Consulting Services, 1993. ============================ End of Citations =========================== [Notes] 1. In order to more readily identify those citations that have been changed or added since the previous update, the following will be used: * indicates a change or revision to an existing citation since the last update. + indicates new addition to the list of citations since the last update. 2. CrossTalk is published by the Software Technology Support Center, Ogden Air Logistics Center (AFMC), Hill AFB, UT, 84056-5205 USA. 3. The following sections have been created. Sections headings are enclosed in brackets, []. Articles Citations from magazines, periodicals, etc.. Books Book citations Proceedings Conference proceedings/tutorials, etc. Reports Commerical, company, government reports. Notes Notes about the list, or its features History Revision/update history of the list [History] Revision Date Comments -------------------------------------------------------------------------- original 2/24/94 first release of citation list A 3/8/94 Added history section. Changed/added citations (see notes). Added notes 1, 2,3. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anton@cc.gatech.edu (Annie I. Anton) Subject: Re: Business Process Re-engineering References Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 16:32:24 GMT \begin{thebibliography}{9} \bibitem{Dav93} Thomas Davenport, {\em Process Innovation: Reengineering Work through Information Technology}, Harvard Business School Press, 1993. \bibitem{DS90} Thomas H. Davenport and James E. Short, ``The New Industrial Engineering: Information Technology and Business Process Redesign,'' {\em Sloan Management Review}, Vol. 31, pp 11-27, Summer 1990. \bibitem{GKT93} S. Guha, W.J. Kettinger and J.T.C. Teng, ``Business Process Reengineering: Building a Comprehensive Methodology,'' {\em Information Systems Management}, Vol. 10, pp. 13-22, Summer 1993. \bibitem{Ham90} Michael Hammer, ``Reengineering Work: Don't Automate, Obliterate,'' {\em Harvard Business Review}, Vol. 68, pp. 104-112, July-August 1990. \bibitem{HC93} Michael Hammer and James Champy, {\em Reengineering The Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution}, HarperCollins Books, 1993. \bibitem{Sch93} David L. Schnitt, ``Reengineering The Organization Using Information Technology,'' {\em Journal of Systems Management}, Vol. 44, pp. 14-20, January 1993. \bibitem{YM94} Eric S.K. Yu and John Mylopoulos, ``Using Goals, Rules, and Methods to Support Reasoning in Business Process Reengineering,'' {\em Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences}, 1994. \end{thebibliography} interorganizational perspective ------------------------------- Newsgroups: comp.infosystems From: Jeroen van Meel Subject: interorganizational perspective Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 12:32:07 GMT Short, J.E., and N. Venkatraman, 'Beyond Business Process Redesign: Redefining Baxter's Business Netwerk', in: Sloan Management Review, Fall, 1992, p. 7-21 Vantrappen, H., 'Creating Customer Value by Streamlining Business Processes', in: Longe Range Planning, vol. 25, nr. 1, 1992, p. 53-62 Davidson, W.H., 'Beyond Reengineering: The Three Phases of Business Transformation', in: IBM Systems Journal, January 1993 Jeroen van Meel Delft University of Technology Department of System Engineering and Policy Analysis P.O. Box 5015 2600 GA The Netherlands tel: +31 15 78 72 31 fax: +31 15 78 34 29 Justification of E-Mail ----------------------- From: fullerr@bacalao.usc.edu (Rodney Fuller) Newsgroups: comp.groupware Subject: Re: Justification of E-Mail Date: 8 Jun 1994 09:37:08 -0700 fullerr@bacalao.usc.edu (Rodney Fuller) writes: |> david@arch.ping.dk (David Stodolsky) writes: |> |> joe@netcom.com (Joseph Jesson) writes: |> |> > ...In my studies of Technology Transfer, |> |> > informal "water cooler" discussions build TRUST and critical in |> |> > moving a new technology into production. The value of informal |> |> |> |> This is documented in Weinberg's (sp?) pathbreaking book (20 years |> |> ago?) "The Psychology of Computer Programming". He relates the removal |> |> of a water cooler because the programmers were "wasting" time at |> |> it. The result was such a massive drop in productivity that an investigation |> |> was ordered to figure out what was the cause. |> |> This type of finding was also discussed in the 1990 HBR article by |> John Seely Brown regarding innovation and learning in organizations. |> The next issue had almost 25 responses (some positive and some negative) |> to his ideas and proposals. As someone has pointed out this article appeared in the Jan/Feb issue of 1991. The reponses to JSB's articleappeared in the Mar/Apr issue of 1991. |> The issue of productivity and adding e-mail is more complex than just |> add or subtract. The actual level of productivity depends on the |> structure and workflow (both formal and informal) of the organization, |> skill level (and not just computer skill, but organizational skill), |> existing culture of communication and management, and the reward |> system. A good summary of the problems involving productivity and IT is: Loveman, G.W. (1994). An assessment of the productivity impact of information technology. In Allen, T.J. & Scott Morton, M.S. (Eds.) Information Technology and the Corporation of the 1990's: Research Studies. Oxford Univeristy Press. His conclusion (of IT productivity between 1978-1983 in the USA--remember that there was a recession, and this was before PC's muddied the economic waters) can be VASTLY oversimplified as "there is simply not any evidence to date that the returns from IT have increased" (p. 104). He looked at both manufacturing and service industries and various forms of structure. The one study I remember reading that JUST looked at email productivity was an unpublished one from here in the Annenberg school and I'm having trouble tracking it down (again). Learned Information NewsWire ---------------------------- From: marketing@learned.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.groupware Subject: LI NewsWire 1.2 now out... Date: Fri, 10 Jun 94 19:35:22 BST The new edition of the LI NewsWire 1.2 is hereby published for free browsing on the Internet. Top stories this month include a report on database quality, a look at the Vatican's plans to launch a digital library, news from Verity, SilverPlatter, InfoPro, Dialog, the sale of Mead Data Central, among other stories and features. The NewsWire may be accessed via the World Wide Web at , and Gopher users can access the journal via . Access via the World Wide Web has the advantages of hyperlink Table-of-Contents, formatting, and graphics. You may find the previous paragraph in HTML below. Enjoy! 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Collaborative video editing --------------------------- From: steve_krause@qm.sri.com (Steve Krause) Newsgroups: comp.groupware Subject: Re: Research Projects for collaborative video editing ?? Date: 24 Jun 1994 20:36:39 GMT In article <2uet58$7us@hpsystem1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>, daude@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Tristan Daude) wrote: > I am interested in getting information about research projects > in the CSCW-area dealing with synchronous collaborative editing of > digital video/audio. I am planning to do some own research in this > area so it would be very interesting to hear about some experiences > of other people. Here's one recent paper: Gidney, Chandler, and MacFarland, "CSCW for Film and TV Preproduction" in IEEE Multimedia magazine, Summer 1994, p. 16+. _________________________________________________________________________ Steve Krause, Media Futures Program http://www.sri.com/mfp/mfp.html SRI International, Menlo Park, CA phone: +1 415 859 4746 Books on workgroups and workgroup implementation ------------------------------------------------ From: dale@rain.org (Dale Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.groupware Subject: Re: Books on workgroups and workgroup implementation? Date: 30 Jun 1994 06:36:01 -0700 In article <2uqa1k$hju@search01.news.aol.com> judysp@aol.com (Judy SP) writes: >In article <2u9j33$5so@u013.me.vp.com>, jessea@u013.me.vp.com (Jesse >W. Asher) writes: >Are you looking for books on electronic work groups (using groupware) >or developing team work within an organization or improving the group >dynamics of natural work groups? There are several very good books >on the group dynamics of work groups and developing team work. >However, I do not know of any books that can help with electronic >work groups. > >The TEAM HANDBOOK by Peter Scholtes is a classic and exceptional for >a beginner. COACHING FOR IMPROVED WORK PERFORMANCE by Ferdinand >Fournies is a more difficult read but does have some specific >suggestions. Another one I like is RX for Performance--I don't have >the book at my fingertips so do not have the author. I Think it is >Aubry-Daniels. The book is a difficult read but gives both theory >and practical suggestions for changing behavior in a way that >respects the individual. > Another easy read is the Corporate Coach. This book is anticdotal >but has lots of good info. > >Judith Silvasi-Patchin The book, "Technology for Teams Enhancing Productivity in Networked Organizations" by Susanna Opper and Henry Fersko-Weiss, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, ISBN 0-442-23928-9 is excellent in my opinion. Addresses many issues about implementing Collaborative Computing within an organization. Dale Taylor Resource Associates Santa Barbara, CA Types of interaction -------------------- From: teamworker@aol.com (Teamworker) Newsgroups: comp.groupware Subject: Re: wanted: comments/examples on 4 types of interaction Date: 13 Jul 1994 19:25:04 -0400 In article <01050105.vi7uqo@arch.ping.dk>, david@arch.ping.dk (David Stodolsky) writes: Humans have been tuning up face-to-face communication over evolutionary time periods. It is unlikely that anyone's first guess on improving it is going to have much success. Unfortunately, the little research that has actually been done in this area has not been plugged into the current generation of group support systems. In fact, there has been virtually no research on whether the current generation of systems do in fact help groups make decisions. A number of comments: Yes, it is the case that traditional forms of interpersonal communicative media (eg non-verbal communication) have evolved over a great time period. Traditional human interactions are far from perfect, however, in the communication of a given message. Social psychological literature, specifically that concerning social representations (Rob Farr at the London School of Economics and Serge Moscovice in France), and the work of the social behaviorist George Herbert Mead is dedicated in large part to the communicative problems and breakdowns faced by everyone, everywhere. There is, therefore, at least a very real potential for traditional forms of interpersonal communication to be improved by electronic means. Furthermore, some research on interpersonal communication and the improvement of meetings has been done in the context of the current generation of GDSS. For example, the following academic papers have utilized a GSS/GDSS called Teamworker, which is commercially available. 'On-line Group Decision Support' Gear T and Read MJ Presented at the VIII International Conference on Multiple Decision Making, Manchester, England. Published proceedings, Springer-Verlag 1988. 'Using Teamworker for Management Meetings' Read MJ and Gear T Operational Research Insight, Vol 6, Issue 2, 1993 'On-line Group Process Support' Gear AE and Read MJ Omega International Journal of Management Science, Vol 21, No 3, 1993 'Teamworking to Develop Technology Strategy' Read MJ and Gear AE International Journal of Technology Management, Vol 9, No 2, 1994 In 'On-line Group Process Support', the central question of whether GDSSs are conducive to decision-making is addressed. Real world evidence for the advantageous use of GSS/GDSS comes from commercial settings. For example, John Dent, ex-Senior Vice-President, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals commented on the use of Teamworker: "...I have greater confidence in the decisions taken". Andrew Gear Teamworker L.C. From: ss6250@albnyvms.bitnet Newsgroups: comp.groupware Subject: Re: wanted: comments/examples on 4 types of interaction Date: 21 Jul 1994 20:00:50 GMT In article <01050105.4p51pt@arch.ping.dk>, david@arch.ping.dk (David Stodolsky) writes: >Many papers have been produced, but do any of them show that the systems >used help groups make decisions? If so, summarize the results. Include >the perfermance measure and the type of control group used. I am >not interested in "Ideas generated per hour" or other measures that may >or may not relate to decision performance. For an evaluation of decision conferencing as a computer-aided method to help groups make decisions see McCartt, A.T. and Rohrbaugh, J. (1989) Evaluating group decision support system effectiveness: A performance study of decision conferencing. Journal of Decision Support Systems, 5, 243-253. Textbook for New Comm Tech Class -------------------------------- From: Karen Takle Quinn Subject: Re: RFI: Textbook for New Comm Tech Class To: Multiple recipients of list GSS-L I have a few titles you might consider. Grantham, Charles E. & Nichols, Larry D. (1993) The Digital Workplace: Designing Groupware Platforms." Van Nostrand Reinhold. Includes Business Process Analysis, the learning organization and other current organizational topics. Schrage, Michael (1990) Shared Minds from Random House is nice extra background reading. Karen Takle Quinn On Tue, 26 Jul 1994, Michele H. Jackson wrote: > Yes, I agree that Fulk & Steinfeld cover a number of topics that make it > well suited for a graduate (even PhD) text -- but I need something for > undergraduates. GSS in Teaching --------------- From: Rick Watson Subject: Re: GSS in Teaching To: Multiple recipients of list GSS-L >Stephen C. Hayne wrote: >> There are a couple of articles out there describing experiences with >> GSS and teaching: >> >> Hayne, S. (1994). "Teaching with Group Support Systems as a >> Feedback Mechanism". Association of Management Conference (Dallas), >> forthcoming. >> >> Aiken, M. (1992). "Using a Group Decosion Support System as a Teaching >> Tool." Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 19(2):82-85. >> > Chin, W. W. & Salisbury, D. (1992). The use of GSS to facilitate >classroom case discussion: An in depth case study. Proceedings of >the 20th Annual North American Conference of the International >Business School Users Group (IBSCUG). > >wynne Watson, R. T.; Dowling, M. J.; Palmer, T. The effect of a group support system on the case method of teaching. Academy of Management Conference. ; 1994. Gallupe, R. B. Case analysis in the 1990s: using a group decision support system for case analysis. In: Proceedings of Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. ; 1988: 32-41. ************************************************************************* Richard Watson rwatson@uga.cc.uga.edu Department of Management Work phone (+1)-706-542-3706 University of Georgia Home phone (+1)-706-546-8590 Athens, GA 30602-6256 Fax (+1)-706-542-3743 World Wide Web address: http://www.mgmt.uga.edu/faculty/rick.html Graph partitioning ------------------ From: saleh@top.cis.syr.edu (Saleh Elmohamed) Newsgroups: sci.op-research,comp.groupware Subject: Re: Kerninghan & Lin Date: 27 Aug 1994 20:40:43 GMT In article dpw@cs.cornell.edu (David Williamson) writes: > >In article Dan Zhu writes: >> [Dan's msg ...] > >Kernighan & Lin is a heuristic for graph partitioning (while >Lin & Kernighan is a heuristic for the TSP). The original paper >is "An efficient heuristic procedure for partitioning graphs", >The Bell System Technical Journal, pages 291-307, Feb. 1970. >A comparison of Kernighan-Lin with simulated annealing can be found in >Johnson,Aragon,McGeoch, and Schevon, "Optimization by simulated >annealing: An experimental evaluation; part 1, graph partitioning," >Operations Research, vol 37, no. 6, 865--892, 1989. > >David Williamson >dpw@cs.cornell.edu > Also, the aforementioned TSP work appeared in: OR, v21, 489-516, 1973. I'd be quite interested in any simulation packages using the above heuristics for problems such scheduling and alike. Any pointers to any recent work on this are greatly appreciated. GSS design ---------- From: Antti Juustila Newsgroups: comp.groupware Subject: Re: GSS design: any articles on >design< (not requirements)? Date: 2 Sep 1994 10:41:18 GMT Bannon: CSCW - an initial exploration (1993) Lyytinen & Ngwenyama (1992):"What does computer support for cooperative work mean? a structurational analysis of computer supported cooperative work, AMIT 2:1 pp. 19-37 Bannon, Bj|rn-andersen & Due-Thomsen: Computer support for cooperative work: an appraisal and critique (1988) Robinson: Interdisciplinary practice? (1992) - Suchman: Notes on Computer supported cooperative work, 1989 - Hughes, Randall & Shapiro: CSCW - discipline or paradigm, - Bannon & Schmidt: CSCW: four characters in search of a context (1989/1991) - Schmidt: Riding a tiger, 1991 - Schmidt & Bannon: Taking CSCW seriously: supporting articulation work (1992) - Clement & Van den Besselaar: Participatory Design Project - A retrospective look, CACM, - Greenbaum & Kyng: Design at work, Robinson & Bannon: Questioning representations, 1991 Robinson: As real as it gets..." taming models and reconstructing procedures, 1994 rodden: A survey of CSCW systems, 1991 robinson: False dichotomies, COMIC-SF-4-3 - Korpela: Another toy for the rich white boys, ECSCW'91 - Kling: Cooperation, coodrination and control in CSCW, 1991 - Green, Oven, Pain: Office systems development and gender: Implications for computer supported cooperative work, 1991 DeSanctis, G. (1993). Shifting Foundations in Group Support System Research. Group support systems, New perspectives. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company. Lyytinen, K., Maaranen, P. & Knuuttila, J. (1992). Why Groups are not Always the Same-An Assessment of Twelve Beliefs in GDSS. WP-25. University of Jyv{skyl{. Weick, K. E. & Meader, D. K. (1993). Sensemaking and Group Support Systems. Group support systems, New perspectives. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company. McGrath, J. E. & Hollingshead, A. B. (1993). Putting the "Group" Back in Group Support Systems: Some Theoretical Issues About Dynamic Processes in Groups with Technological Enhancements. Group support systems, New perspectives. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company. Gray, P., Mandviwalla, M., Olfman, L. & Satzinger, J. (1993). The User Interface in Group Support Systems. Group support systems, New perspectives. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company. Hoffer, J. A. & Valacich, J. S. (1993). Group Memory in Group Support Systems: A Foundation for Design. Group support systems, New perspectives. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company. Tatar, D. G., Foster, G. & Bobrow, D. G. (1991). Design for conversation: lessons from Cognoter. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies 34. Dennis, A. R., George, J. F., Jessup, L. M., Jay F. Nunamaker, J. & Vogel, D. R. (1988). Information Technology to Support Electronic Meetings. MIS Quarterly (December). Hackman, J. R., Ed. (1990). Groups That Work (and Those That Ton't): Creating Conditions for Effective Teamwork. Jossey-Bass Management Series. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass. Jessup, L. M. & Valacich, J. S., Ed. (1993). Group support systems, New perspectives. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company. Kendall, K. E., Lyytinen, K. & DeGross, J. I., Ed. (1992). The Impact of Computer Supported Technologies on Information Systems Development. Amsterdam, North-Holland. -------------------------------------------------------- In article <1994Aug31.020748.18433@uxmail.ust.hk> DR. ROY SCHMIDT, schmidt@uxmail.ust.hk writes: >Try the following -- > >Lyytinen & Maaranen, "Groups are not always the same," 25th HICSS (1993), >also forthcoming in CSCW Journal. > >Lyytinen, Maaranen, and Knuuttila, "Unusual business or business as usual: >an investigation of meeting support requirements in multilateral >diplomacy," Accounting, Management and Information Technologies, 3(2) pp >97-119. > >Maaranen, Lyytinen, and Knuuttila, "Supporting multilateral diplomacy with >computer: the Helsinki prototype system, working paper from Dept. of >Computer Science and Information Systems, Univ. of Jyvaskyla, 1993. > >Morrison and Sheng, "Communications technologies and collaboration systems: >Common domains, problems, and solutions," Information and MAnagement, >23(2). > >Tatar, Foster, and Bobrow, "Design for conversation: Lessons from >Cognoter," in Greeberg (ed) CSCW Groupware. London, Academic Press, 1991. From: mandviwm@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Munir Mandviwalla) Newsgroups: comp.groupware Subject: Re: GSS design: any articles on >design< (not requirements)? Date: 2 Sep 1994 23:03:43 GMT Mandviwalla, M. and Olfman, L. What do groups need: A proposed set of generic groupware requirements. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. In press (probably the september issue). An abstract can be viewed from my web page: http://joda.cis.temple.edu/~mandviwa Antti Juustila (antti@rieska.oulu.fi) wrote: : We are arranging a course on CSCW at our department. One section of the : course is about design of CSCW systems, and we are looking for different : approaches to design. My task is to build the GSS section for the course. : One approach would be from the GSS "school", but we haven't found any : representative articles on how people from this discipline have : approached the issues in designing G(D)SS systems (for meeting support, : communication support, coordination support etc). We would like to show : different ways to desing, go through the design process and how different : things are stressed in the design, within different approaches. ==================================================== David S. Stodolsky Euromath Center University of Copenhagen david@euromath.dk Tel.: +45 38 33 03 30 Fax: +45 38 33 88 80 (C)