E-Collaboration in Modern Organizations: Initiating and Managing Distributed Projects

E-Collaboration in Modern Organizations: Initiating and Managing Distributed Projects

Ned Kock
Release Date: November, 2007|Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 320
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-825-3
ISBN13: 9781599048253|ISBN10: 1599048256|EISBN13: 9781599048277
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E-Collaboration in Modern Organizations: Initiating and Managing Distributed Projects combines comprehensive research related to e-collaboration in modern organizations, emphasizing topics relevant to those involved in initiating and managing distributed projects. Providing authoritative content to scholars, researchers, and practitioners, this book specifically describes conceptual and theoretical issues that have implications for distributed project management, implications surrounding the use of e-collaborative environments for distributed projects, and emerging issues and debate related directly and indirectly to e-collaboration support for distributed project management.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Collaborative working environments
  • Computer mediated collaboration
  • Computer-mediated knowledge sharing
  • E-collaboration concepts
  • Group decision support systems
  • Implementation of e-collaboration
  • Interactive e-learning environments
  • Knowledge Transfer
  • Social informatics framework
  • Virtual Environments
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This book clearly illustrates what e-collaboration technologies are, what they are not, and what they are capable of contributing to individuals, groups, organizations, and society as a whole. It attempts to accomplish this goal by providing an overview of concepts, theories, tools and applications related to e-collaboration technologies.

– Ned Kock, Texas A&M International University, USA
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Ned Kock is a professor of Information Systems and the Director of the Collaborative for International Technology Studies, in the Sanchez School of Business, at Texas A&M International University. He holds degrees in electronics engineering (B.E.E.), computer science (M.S.), and management information systems (Ph.D.). Ned has authored and edited several books, including the bestselling Systems Analysis and Design Fundamentals: A Business Process Redesign Approach. Ned has published his research in a number of high-impact journals including Communications of the ACM, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, IEEE Transactions (various), Information & Management, Information Systems Journal, Journal of the AIS, MIS Quarterly, and Organization Science. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of e-Collaboration, Associate Editor of the Journal of Systems and Information Technology, and Associate Editor for Information Systems of the journal IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. His research interests include e-collaboration, human evolution, action research, ethical and legal issues in technology research and management, and business process improvement.
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Editorial Advisory Board
Editor-in-Chief:
  • Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, DBA, Editor-in-Chief, Contemporary Research in Information Science and Technology, Book Series

    Associate Editors:

  • Steve Clarke, University of Hull, UK
  • Murray E. Jennex, San Diego State University, USA
  • Annie Becker, Florida Institute of Technology USA
  • Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, University of Tampere, Finland

    Editorial Advisory Board

  • Sherif Kamel, American University in Cairo, Egypt
  • In Lee, Western Illinois University, USA
  • Jerzy Kisielnicki, Warsaw University, Poland
  • Keng Siau, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
  • Amar Gupta, Arizona University, USA
  • Craig van Slyke, University of Central Florida, USA
  • John Wang, Montclair State University, USA
  • Vishanth Weerakkody, Brunel University, UK