Group support systems in practice: experience at IBM

Group support systems in practice: experience at IBM

The authors present the results of a group support system field study conducted at an IBM site. Data collected included session pre- and postquestionnaires and facilitator observations plus follow-up interviews with managers and participants. Process and outcome effectiveness, efficiency, and user s...

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Hauptverfasser: Nunamaker, J.F., Vogel, D., Heminger, A., Martz, B., Grohowski, R., McGoff, C.
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Collaborative software
Context modeling
Decision making
Feedback
Hardware
History
Laboratories
Organizational aspects
Software quality
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Zusammenfassung:The authors present the results of a group support system field study conducted at an IBM site. Data collected included session pre- and postquestionnaires and facilitator observations plus follow-up interviews with managers and participants. Process and outcome effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction were consistently higher with group support systems. A comparison of man-hours expended showed a 56% savings attributable to group support system use. The results of this field study contradict some laboratory experiment findings and support others. Directions for future field and experimental research to solve apparent differences and provide further clarification are identified.< >
DOI:10.1109/HICSS.1989.49264