College of Business, CSU, Chico
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Collaborative Problem Solving Program
Since the inception of the Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) the heart of the research that generates from the center has focused on the utility of electronic tools associated with group productivity. Projects have been conducted in the areas of
- System Go Live Post Mortem
- Project Management Support
- Personnel and Product Selection
- Problem Identification/Solution Generation
- Electronic JAD (Joint Applications Development)
- Focus Groups
- ERP Implementation Support
- Risk Assessment/Management
- Business Process Re–engineering/Redesign
- Funding Decisions for Grants and Projects
Initially, research focused on how and when electronic group productivity differed from manual group productivity. There were a series of papers reporting on case studies in each of the project areas and more generic topics such as group consensus, comparative voting techniques, and group productivity processes. More recently, a focus on virtual team processes has emerged, more specifically how and when electronic tools can be most useful to support virtual teamwork, including project management, program assessment, and focus groups. So in addition to the project types listed above, ThinkTank™ is being used to hold meetings asynchronously as we continue to research virtual teamwork.
Recent Publications
“Incorporating Distributed Teamwork and Collaborative Technology into MIS Curriculum,” Proceedings of the Eleventh Americas Conference on Information Systems, Chen, F., G. Corbitt, S.C. Gardiner, J. Sager & F. S. Morelli, August 11 – 14, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. 2005
“Project Progress Tracking Template — Using a Repeatable GSS Process to Facilitate Project Process Management,” Chen, F., R. O. Briggs, G. Corbitt & J. F. Nunamaker Jr., J. Sager & S.C. Gardiner, Proceedings: 39 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 2006
“Incorporating Virtual Teamwork Training into MIS curricula,” Fang Chen, James Sager, Gail Corbitt, and Stan Gardiner, accepted June 2007 by Journal of Information Systems Education