Collaboration Systems: Concept, Value, and Use [Hardcover]

This volume emphasises knowledge transfer from the lab to the field and describes collaboration technology through three lenses: Proof of Concept, Proof of Value, and Proof of Use. The contributors focus on work practices that extend collaboration into a structured form where groups can work together to solve real-world complex problems. As with the other AMIS volumes, the contributors comprise internationally known experts in the field of Information Systems.

Includes online access.This volume emphasizes knowledge transfer from the lab to the field and describes collaboration technology through three lenses: Proof of Concept, Proof of Value, and Proof of Use.Chapter 1 Introduction to Collaboration Systems, Part 1, Jay F. NunamakerJr., Robert O. Briggs, Nicholas C. RomanoJr; Chapter 2 Introduction to Collaboration Systems, Part 2, Jay F. NunamakerJr., Nicholas C. RomanoJr., Robert O. Briggs; Part I Proof of Concept; Chapter 3 Organizing the Theoretical Foundations of Collaboration Engineering, Gwendolyn L. Kolfschoten, Robert O. Briggs; Chapter 4 Classification of Collaboration Technology, Daniel D. Mittleman, John D. Murphy, Robert D. Briggs; Chapter 5 An Empirical Test of the Focus Theory of Group Productivity, Fang Chen, Robert O. Briggs; Chapter 6 Patterns in Collaboration, Gwendolyn L. Kolfschoten, Paul Benjamin Lowry, Douglas L. Dean, Gert-Jan de Vreede, Robert O. Briggs; Part II Proof of Value; Chapter 7 Maintaining Credibility in Group Collaboration, Judee K. Burgoon, Joey F. George, John Kruse, Kent Marett, Mark Adkins; Chapter 8 Enabling Large Group Collaboration, Joel H. Helquist, John Kruse, Amit V. Deokar, Thomas O. Meservy; Chapter 9 Mobile Computing and Collaboration, Joseph S. Valacich, Clayton A. Looney, Ryan T. Wright, David W. Wilson; Chapter 10 The Future of Writing Together, Mark Keith, Sean Humpherys, Trent J. Spaulding, Paul Benjamin Lowry; Part III Proof of Use; Chapter 11 Collaboration Support Technology, Gwendolyn L. Kolflã'