Title :
Collaboration in technology management-a modeling method for workflow management supporting decentralized organizational structures
Author :
Dangelmaier, Wilhelm ; Förster, Dirk ; Kress, Stephan ; Wenski, Rüdiger ; Ferreira, João José Pinto
Author_Institution :
Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn, Germany
Abstract :
Fast changes in technology make a flexible management of organizational units absolutely necessary. To decrease the effort for process coordination, even for decentralized activities, workflow management is seen as a supporting methodology. This paper presents a modeling method supporting planning, execution and control of decentralized organizational structures
Keywords :
commerce; planning; research and development management; technology transfer; R&D; control; decentralized activities; decentralized organizational structures; execution; flexible organisational units management; modeling method; planning; supporting methodology; technology management collaboration; workflow management; Application software; Business; Collaborative work; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Office automation; Project management; Technology management; Telecommunication control; Teleworking;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-02-4
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1999.807712
