[ba-unrev-talk] Collaboration
While reading a new paper on collaboration, I discovered the Alliance to
Advance the Understanding of Collaboratories
http://www.scienceofcollaboratories.org/html/AboutSOC/OrganizationalParticip
ants.html (01)
And, while roaming that site, discovered the book
_Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology_
http://www.erlbaum.com/Books/searchintro/BookDetailscvr.cfm?ISBN=0-8058-3403-6
(Price $185, discounted to $85, Amazon price $185, one used for $70) (02)
"The National Science Foundation funded the first Coordination Theory and
Collaboration Technology initiative to look at systems that support
collaborations in business and elsewhere. This book explores the global
revolution in human interconnectedness. It will discuss the various
collaborative workgroups and their use in technology. The initiative
focuses on processes of coordination and cooperation among autonomous units
in human systems, in computer and communication systems, and in hybrid
organizations of both systems. This initiative is motivated by three
scientific issues which have been the focus of separate research efforts,
but which may benefit from collaborative research. The first is the effort
to discover the principles underlying how people collaborate and coordinate
work efficiently and productively in environments characterized by a high
degree of decentralized computation and decision making. The second is to
gain a better fundamental understanding of the structure and outputs of
organizations, industries, and markets which incorporate sophisticated,
decentralized information and communications technology as an important
component of their operations. The third is to understand problems of
coordination in decentralized or open computer systems." (03)