Title :
Lotus Notes and collaboration: le plus c¸a change
Author :
Vandenbosch, Betty ; Ginzberg, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Weatherhead Sch. of Manage., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
Work in organizations is becoming increasingly focused on collaborative work in groups. Groupware is widely touted as the information technology that can support this new mode of work by fostering collaboration. In a study of Lotus Notes, a popular groupware product, implemented throughout the professional staff of a large American insurance company, we found the impact of groupware to be somewhat different from what many might have expected. While almost everyone was quite pleased with the Notes implementation and its perceived impact, there was no evidence of a change in the degree of collaboration among organization members. Two key themes are explored as possible explanations for this result: the fit of the technology to the organization, and limited training in how best to use this new technology
Keywords :
groupware; human factors; insurance data processing; software packages; training; Lotus Notes; collaborative work; groupware; information technology use; insurance company; limited training; organization members; professional staff; technology fit; Calendars; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Information technology; Internet; Laboratories; Medical services; Programming; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1996., Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference on ,
Conference_Location :
Wailea, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7324-9
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1996.493177
