Real Time, Interactive Information Systems

这项研究是由协调理论和协作技术特别倡议资助的。这是那次比赛的11名获胜者之一。这项研究调查了计算机化信息系统在复杂组织中作为协调工具的某些方面。这项研究涉及的问题包括：计算机化系统实际上解决了哪些类型的协调问题？在多大程度上？使用这种系统会产生什么社会和经济影响？这项研究通过横断面研究、比较案例研究和对拥有可被描述为计算机集成制造的相对结构化系统的制造企业的纵向调查来收集经验数据。这项研究的预期结果包括对计算机化信息系统在协调复杂组织活动中的作用的经验性说明，以及增加对这些信息系统的经济和社会学影响的理论理解。

This research is funded under the Special Initiative on Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology. This is one of eleven winners under that competition. This study investigates certain aspects of the role of computerized information systems as instruments of coordination in complex organizations. Questions addressed in this research include: What kinds of coordination problems do computerized systems actually resolve, and to what extent? What social and economic impacts result from the use such systems? The research gathers empirical data through cross sectional studies, comparative case studies and a longitudinal survey of manufacturing firms that have relatively structured systems that can be characterized as Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Results expected from the research include empirically grounded accounts of the role of computerized information systems in coordinating activities of complex organizations and increased theoretical understanding of the economic and sociological impacts of these information systems.