Using group support systems to improve the New Zealand economy. II. Follow-up results

Author

Sheffield, Jim ; Gallupe, R. Brent

Author_Institution

Dept. of Manage. Sci. & Inf. Syst., Auckland Univ., New Zealand

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

4-7 Jan. 1994

Firstpage

416

Lastpage

426

Abstract

For pt. I see ibid., vol. IV, p. 469-76 (1993). The "Porter Project" suggested opportunities for enhancing New Zealand\´s competitiveness in world markets. In 1991 a series of electronically-assisted industry-wide planning meetings were held to capitalize on these. The authors present the results of a follow-up study which was largely based on interviews with participants 1 to 2 years after their meeting. Participants\´ actions since the meetings are reported as well as their opinions, in retrospect, of the role of the meetings and the impact of electronic meeting technology. The latter are discussed in terms of a simple behavioural model of inter-organisational learning and industry-level change.<>

Keywords

economic and sociologic effects; government policies; groupware; human factors; teleconferencing; GSS; New Zealand economy; competitiveness; electronic meeting technology; electronically-assisted industry-wide planning meetings; group support systems; industry-level change; inter-organisational learning; simple behavioural model; world markets;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1994. Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wailea, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5090-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1994.323473

Filename

323473