FACILITATING COMPUTER-SUPPORTED MEETINGS - A CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS IN AMULTIPLE-CRITERIA TASK ENVIRONMENT

Authors
DICKSON GW LEEPARTRIDGE JE LIMAYEM M DESANCTIS GL
Citation
Gw. Dickson et al., FACILITATING COMPUTER-SUPPORTED MEETINGS - A CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS IN AMULTIPLE-CRITERIA TASK ENVIRONMENT, Group decision and negotiation, 5(1), 1996, pp. 51-72
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Management,"Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Group decision and negotiation → ACNP
ISSN journal
09262644
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
51 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
0926-2644(1996)5:1<51:FCM-AC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
There have been many instances of the ineffective applications of new information technology. This article describes a program of enhancing the effectiveness of a new technology, Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS), through a series of studies which resulted in improvements in the technology itself as well as in how the technology is supported. O ur approach emphasizes human facilitation and facilitative features em bedded in the GDSS software.