DocumentCode :
1933069
Title :
No more ‘soft’ science: Quantitative evaluation of collaboration effectiveness
Author :
Bos, Nathan
Author_Institution :
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
18-22 May 2009
Abstract :
Researchers and evaluators are often asked to give quantitative measures on topics that do not easily lend themselves to such measurement. Collaboration is one such topic: it is acknowledged to be a critical success factor for all kinds of organizations, but research and evaluation often lags because of the difficulty of measurement. This tutorial will introduce a range of quantitative methods for evaluating collaboration, on three levels: group-level experiments, micro-level measures (individuals), and macro-level measures (organizations.) I will walk participants through the methods where I have the most experience, and also mention a number of other methods, some very new, which may become increasingly valuable.
Keywords :
Collaborative work; Cultural differences; Game theory; International collaboration; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Particle measurements; Physics; Social network services; Software agents;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2009. CTS '09. International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4584-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4586-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CTS.2009.5067434
Filename :
5067434
Link To Document :
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