Information Systems and Technology in the International Office of the Future

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Scope and Aims

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Global Inc: an experiment across time and space

      • B. C. Glasson, D. R. Vogel, P. W. G. Bots

      Pages 3-10

3. Full papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Working with groups using groupware: electronic problem structuring and project management support for face to face and dispersed organisational groups

      • F. Ackermann

      Pages 13-27

   3. The information superhighway: an on-ramp to global markets for Austrian corporations?

      • L. Alkier

      Pages 29-47

   4. An IBIS-based model to support group discussions

      • G. Bellassai, M. Borges, D. A. Fuller, J. A. Pino, A. C. Salgado

      Pages 49-62

   5. Measuring the impact of communication technology on group decision making

      • Pieter W. G. Bots, Robert Jan Streng

      Pages 63-80

   6. An internet realtime conference: design, experience and future applications

      • Ifay F. Chang, Li-Chieh Lin

      Pages 81-90

   7. Telecommunication and an information infrastructure in China

      • W. G. Chismar

      Pages 91-98

   8. Cultural factors in the adoption and use of GSS

      • R. M. Davison, E. Jordan

      Pages 99-110

   9. Operating systems for the multimedia office of the future

      • J. Dospisil, E. Kendall, T. Polgar

      Pages 111-120

   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

       Pages 121-132

   11. Meetings bloody meetings: a transition in the concept of meeting as technology reduces dependency on time and geography

       • W. G. Hewett

       Pages 133-144

   12. The windmills of our minds: a workshop on culture clash in CSCW

       • G. J. Hofstede

       Pages 145-159

   13. Using the information superhighway to support organizational learning: content, context, and infrastructure

       • Leonard M. Jessup, Joseph S. Valacich

       Pages 161-172

   14. Dual information systems for organizational working and learning: the business and breakdown layers

       • Timo K. Käkölä, Kalle I. Koota

       Pages 173-197

   15. Towards a common architecture paradigm for the global application of information technology

       • Hans Lehmann

       Pages 199-218

   16. The conference/classroom of the future: an interdisciplinary approach

       • Max Mühlhäuser, Jan Borchers, Chris Falkowski, Knut Manske

       Pages 219-235

   17. An example of the use of the WWW as a tool and environment for research and collaboration

       • Freddie Quek, Ian Tarr

       Pages 237-255

Globalization of business, internationalization of trade, and increasing prevalence of multi-cultural interdisciplinary teams are beginning to redefine the nature of office work. Different-time/different-place/different-culture teams will become the norm. Same-time/same-place/same-culture teams will become the exception. The International Office of the Future (IOF) will be a dramatically different environment than that which exists in the majority of today's organizations. Prospects for the IOF give rise to numerous questions, which are addressed in this book. What are the salient issues? What design options or solution strategies exist to address these issues? How might these design options be best implemented? What are their implications? In addition, a number of specific topics will be discussed including: multi-cultural team productivity, IT platform requirements, and global telecommunications.

• Groupware
• Information System
• Internet
• Meetings
• communication
• learning
• operating system
• organization
• productivity
• service-oriented computing

• Curtin University, Perth, Australia

  Bernard C. Glasson

• University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

  Douglas R. Vogel, Jay F. Nunamaker

• Technical University of Delft, Delft, The Netherlands

  Pieter W. G. Bots

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