Remote Cooperation CSCW Issues for Mobile and Tele-Workers

Name: Remote Cooperation CSCW Issues for Mobile and Tele-Workers
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ISBN: 9783540760351

ISBN-10: 3540760350

ISBN-13: 9783540760351

Edition: 1996

Authors: Alan J. Dix, Russell Beale

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Computer supported work is increasingly being done out of the traditional office environment, for example whilst travelling or at home and there is a growing need to support the cooperative aspects of such work. Remote Cooperation looks at ways of improving the available communications, through the use of packet radio and compression techniques, in order to reduce the imbalance between office-based and mobile workers. It also assesses how the effectiveness of the existing communications infrastructure can be improved, by providing cooperative applications which fit within its limitations.Broadly divided into five sections - social and economic context, application domains, software…

Book details

List price: $129.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 10/18/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Contributors


Introduction




Working in the Virtual Office




CSCW for the Mobile Teleworker




The Electronic Hard Hat: CSCW on the Construction Site




Support for Community Care




The 'Salesman's Promise': CSCW in Sales




Observations on Practically Perfect CSCW




Personal Information Management in the Context of Collaborative Work




Activity Coordination in Decentralized Working Environments




Information Requirements of Distributed Workers




Mobile Open Systems Technology for the Utilities Industries




The Distributed Home Environment and the New Oikos




Teaching, Learning and Collaborating at a Virtual Summer School



References


Name Index


Subject Index