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Volume 26 , Issue 1 (March 1994) table of contents

Pages: 87 - 119

Year of Publication: 1994

ISSN:0360-0300

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Thomas W. Malone	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Kevin Crowston	Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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This survey characterizes an emerging research area, sometimes called coordination theory, that focuses on the interdisciplinary study of coordination. Research in this area uses and extends ideas about coordination from disciplines such as computer science, organization theory, operations research, economics, linguistics, and psychology. A key insight of the framework presented here is that coordination can be seen as the process of managing dependencies among activities. Further progress, therefore, should be possible by characterizing different kinds of dependencies and identifying the coordination processes that can be used to manage them. A variety of processes are analyzed from this perspective, and commonalities across disciplines are identified. Processes analyzed include those for managing shared resources, producer/consumer relationships, simultaneity constraints, and task/subtask dependencies. Section 3 summarizes ways of applying a coordination perspective in three different domains:(1) understanding the effects of information technology on human organizations and markets, (2) designing cooperative work tools, and (3) designing distributed and parallel computer systems. In the final section, elements of a research agenda in this new area are briefly outlined.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
I. Computing Methodologies
I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
Subjects: Coherence and coordination

Additional Classification:
C. Computer Systems Organization
C.0 GENERAL
Subjects: System architectures
C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

D. Software
D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS

H. Information Systems
H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
H.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)

K. Computing Milieux
K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY

General Terms:
Design, Economics, Human Factors, Management, Theory

Keywords:
computer-supported cooperative work, coordination, coordination science, coordination theory, groupware

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