Title :
Impact of corporate IS standards on group communication
Author :
Sundaresan, Shankar ; Dewan, Rajiv M. ; Seidmann, Abraham
Author_Institution :
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
Corporate IS standard policies affect the communication cost among individuals and teams in organizations. The paper models the effect of information systems standards policies on information flow costs and investigates the potential impact of organizational communication structures on the value of IS standards. We show that communication in conventional hierarchies benefit more from a standards policy than team organizations. Hierarchies with very small or very large span (or level) receive less value from mandated standards
Keywords :
human factors; information systems; software standards; user interfaces; IS standard policies; communication cost; conventional hierarchies; corporate IS standards; group communication; information flow costs; information systems standards policies; mandated standards; organizational communication structures; team organizations; Communication standards; Communication system control; Cost function; Data structures; Decision making; Economies of scale; Information processing; Information systems; Professional communication; Standards organizations;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1997, Proceedings of the Thirtieth Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wailea, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7743-0
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1997.665662
