Title :
Group support for an international agency network
Author_Institution :
Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK
Abstract :
The paper describes the use of a distributed group communication system to support consultation and collaboration among a group of people in a network of international agencies, who cannot meet face to face. Following a description of the network and the technology, insights are presented into the type of group support required for consultation and collaboration, drawing upon the literature on inter-organisational networks. It concludes by presenting processes of appropriation and adaptation which may be considered when providing group support for a network way of working
Keywords :
group decision support systems; groupware; wide area networks; adaptation process; appropriation process; collaboration; consultation; distributed group communication system; group support; inter-organisational networks; international agency network; network working; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computer mediated communication; Computer networks; Context; Electronic mail; Humans; International collaboration; Problem-solving; Telecommunication computing;
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.1996.493238
