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
activities allow answer attention become behavior benefits better chapter commitment communication technology computer network computer-based communication connections coordination costs create cues customers decision described discussion distribution effects efficiency electronic communication electronic groups electronic mail employees example exchange experience face face-to-face meetings feel Figure give group members human ideas important increase individual influence instance interaction interviews kinds less located look managers means offer organizational organizations participation performance person physical policies position possible potential problem procedures processing questions received record reduce relationship reply reports request responses routine sent share shows situation social status structures suggest talk task teams telephone tion topic workers