Paper Info
Title
Facilitation issues in distributed group support systems
Abstract
Local area networks and related computer and communication technologies are opening up new possibilities for performing group tasks in organizations. This paper provides background on the evolving use of information technology to support distributed group meetings. It identifies facilitation as a key factor in the success of group meetings. Thirty-four professional facilitators of face-to-face meetings are interviewed regarding the impacts of a distributed setting on meetings. Opinions regarding distributed meetings include concerns for group process and task accomplishment, observations of changes in the role of the facilitator, and potential impacts on how the organization functions. Concerns regarding the design of specific technologies for implementing distributed meetings are also identified.
Year
DOI
Venue
1992
10.1145/158011.158239
SIGCPR '93 Proceedings of the 1993 conference on Computer personnel research
Keywords
Field
DocType
group support system,facilitation issue,information technology,group process,group meeting,thirty-four professional facilitators,new possibility,key factor,face-to-face meeting,group task,local area network,communication technology
Facilitation,Support system,Information technology,Knowledge management,Local area network,Computer-mediated communication,Engineering,Facilitator,Group process
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-89791-572-0
8
0.76
References 
Authors
8
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fred Niederman1991140.53
Catherine M. Beise216819.92
Peggy M. Beranek334737.46