Connections: New Ways of Working in the Networked OrganizationComputer networking is changing the way people work and the way organizations function. Connections is an accessible guide to the promise and the pitfalls of this latest phase of the computer revolution. |
Contents
A TwoLevel Perspective on Technology | 1 |
Beyond Efficiency | 19 |
Do You Know Who Youre Talking To? | 37 |
Electronic Group Dynamics | 57 |
Increasing Personal Connections | 79 |
Designing Information Procedures | 125 |
Common terms and phrases
answer ARPANET behavior benefits bulletin boards chapter Common LISP computer network computer-based communication computer-based communication technology computer-mediated communication connections coordination costs cues customers databases David Constant decision deindividuation DeSanctis Digital Equipment Corporation distribution list Dubrovsky dynamics efficiency electronic communication electronic data interchange electronic discussions electronic groups electronic mail electronic mail system electronic meetings electronic message exchange experience face-to-face discussion face-to-face groups face-to-face meetings filters forums group mail group members ideas increase individual instance interaction Kiesler less local area network Low-Status Average mailbox managers networked organization norms organizational participation peripheral employees person personal computers policies potential problem received recipients reduce relationship reply reports request responses routine schedule second-level effects sender share situation social information Sproull structures subunits talk Tandem Tandem Computers task teams telephone tag telework tion topic workers