Paper Info
Title
Asynchronous implementation of the nominal group technique: is it effective?
Abstract
Two major organizational shifts are the movement toward teams and the movement toward nonstandard work schedules. This has simultaneously increased the need for meetings and decreased the ability to meet. One of the most successful processes for structuring meetings is the nominal group technique (NGT). This paper provides evidence that computer-assisted asynchronous (CAA) implementations of the NGT are more effective than noncomputer-assisted synchronous (NCAS) implementations of the NGT (they generate more and better ideas, and do it in less time). The implication is that organizations are wasting huge amounts of money on travel and accommodations for face-to-face meetings that could be conducted asynchronously.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1016/S0167-9236(00)00073-7
Decision Support Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
nominal group technique,group decision support system,asynchronous communication,synchronous communication,asynchronous implementation,structured group technique,restrictiveness
Nominal group technique,Asynchronous communication,Industrial engineering,Restrictiveness,Computer science,Knowledge management,Real-time computing,Implementation,Schedule,Structuring
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
29
3
Decision Support Systems
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.57
16
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Karen L. Dowling1291.89
Robert D. St. Louis212014.88