Computer-Based Systems for Cooperative Work and Group Decision Making

Application of computer and communications technology to cooperative work and group decision making has grown out of three traditions: computer-based communications, computer:based information service provision, and computer-based decision support. This paper reviews the group decision support systems (GDSSs) that have been configured to meet the needs of groups at work, and evaluates the experience to date with such systems. Progress with GDSSs has proved to be slower than originally anticipated because of shortcomings with available technology, poor integration of the various components of the computing package, and incomplete understanding of the nature of group decision making. Nevertheless, the field shows considerable promise with respect to the creation of tools to aid in group decision making and the development of sophisticated means of studying the dynamics of decision making in groups. © 1988, ACM. All rights reserved

Forecasting competencies for college and university chief housing officers in the United States: A Delphi study

This study started with the simple proposition that it would be useful to forecast the competencies that will be required for chief housing officers in the future. Housing and residence life is a relatively young profession and began with the rise of what is commonly understood to be college personnel work and now known as student affairs. Student affairs as a profession within higher education began to gain recognition in the 1940s. The identification of governing ethics, standards and competencies gained momentum and clarification in the succeeding year. Housing and residence life as part of the student affairs enterprise was identified early in the profession\u27s history. Housing and residence life\u27s distinct nature became more apparent with expansion of institutional enrollments driving the need for more university-controlled housing stock. Identifying the knowledge, skills, and abilities for the housing and residence life profession started to gather momentum in the 1980s. These efforts came out of the observed differences between housing and residence life and other areas of student affairs and is supported in the professional literature. Housing and residence life practitioners were guided by professional standards associated with student affairs, but also increasingly by requirements coming from individual institutions, legislation and regulation. Furthermore, national calls for assessment added research on how the housing and residence life operation could support the academic mission of colleges and universities and student success. As the leader of the housing and residence life operation, the chief housing officer is a critical piece of setting the agenda to meet all of these requirements and institutional goals, so the competencies required for this person to succeed are critical, both now and in the future. This study used the Delphi technique to forecast the future required competencies. Twenty-one expert panelists completed all three rounds of the study. The expert panel was drawn from professionals who were or had been chief housing officers and currently or formerly served on the executive board of the Association for College and University Housing Officers-International. These panelists identified 20 competencies that will be required for chief housing officers in 10 years. The top-ranked competency was financial planning and management

Research options and imperatives in computerized conferencing

This is the report resulting from a computerized conferencing workshop held on the subject of potential research opportunities and requirements in the area of utilizing a computer to aid human communications. It was sponsored by the Division of Mathematical and Computer Sciences of the National Science Foundation (grant # MCS76-80514). The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect NSF views or policy. The workshop utilized the Electronic Information Exchange System (EIES) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology

Die Grundlagen der Delphi-Methode: ein Literaturbericht

In der vorliegenden Literaturstudie wird zu den Grundlagen der Delphi-Methode in der deutschen Spezialliteratur anderer Wissenschaftsgebiete, insbesondere der Betriebswirtschaft auch auf die einschlägige US-Literatur Bezug genommen. Nach Bemerkungen zur Geschichte und ausgewählten wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen dieser Methode wird eine Analyse von Publikationen vorgenommen, die sich mit den Grundbegriffen, den Charakteristika und dem prinzipiellen Design von 'Delphi' beschäftigen. Daran schließt sich die Diskussion von Literatur zur Evaluation der Delphi-Methode an. Im Anhang werden systematisierte Kurzcharakteristika von Anwendungsbeispielen vorrangig aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum wiedergegeben. Der Bericht schließt mit einer Bibliographie zum Thema 'Delphi' ab. Die Studie hat erbracht, daß in Deutschland 'Delphi' im Vergleich zu anderen sozialwissenschaftlichen Methoden nur eine untergeordnete Rolle spielt. Um einen anerkannten Platz unter den Methoden der empirischen Sozialwissenschaft zu erlangen, bedarf die Delphi-Technik einer ausgiebigen Testung. (psz

Electronic collage : the videodisc and interactive narrative

Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCHBibliography: leaves 52-59.by Carol Strohecker.M.S.V.S

Study plan to identify long term national telecommunications need and priorities applying Delphi techniques (handbook)

A handbook that explains the basic Delphi methodology and discusses modified Delphi techniques is presented. The selection of communications experts to participate in a study, the construction of questionnaires on potential communications developments, and requisite technology is treated. No two modified Delphi studies were the same, which reflects the flexibility and adaptability of the technique. Each study must be specifically tailored to a particular case, and consists of seeking a consensus of opinion among experts about a particular subject and attendant conditions that may prevail in the future