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Collaboration & KM
Distributed Decision-Making in
the Global Economy
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Chairs:
Dr. A. K. Aggarwal (aaggarwal@ubalt.edu)
University of Baltimore, USA
410 837-5275
Dr. Sherif Kamel (skamel@aucegypt.edu)
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
202 797 6721
Pekka Makkonen (pmakkone@cc.jyu.fi)
University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
(350) 14 2603090
Description:
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This Minitrack serves as a forum for the presentation and
discussion of new and innovative approaches of globally distributed
decision-making. Though some work has been done in the area of
outsourcing structured tasks and e-collaboration, research in globally
distributed decision making is still emerging. In the global economy, work and business processes distributed
across boundaries have gained new importance, as companies outsource to
tap the unlimited global talent pool of workers. Companies are
recognizing the potential for growth and competitive advantage through
outsourcing. This is leading to a work force actively engaged in globally
distributed decision making--an
emerging area that addresses the management of processes and
decision-making spread geographically across national boundaries. Collaborative decision-making among geographically distributed
groups requires creativity and innovation. There are many challenges of time, location, culture,
infrastructure, language, customs, socialization and politics. This
requires knowledge from multiple disciplines such as information systems,
social sciences, international management, human resource management,
leadership and political science. It is almost impossible for one
individual to have expertise in so many domains, which makes this a very
challenging but rewarding, collaborative area of research. Globally
distributed decision-making is relatively new and still evolving. It is
attracting attention from practitioners and academicians as are evidenced
by the emergence of special tracks in conferences and business seminars.
Given the richness and research potential of this area, it is becoming important
to brainstorm and bring diverse points of view to develop underlying
theory and frameworks. This Minitrack will
address issues concerned with the development of models and underlying
theories for understanding group dynamics and decision-making in
distributed environments and creation of competitive advantage.
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The mini-track will focus on:
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Competitive
and Strategic issues for globally distributed decision making
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Models of globally distributed decision- making
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Globally distributed m-teams
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Models of globally distributed decision-making
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Knowledge creation, transfer and integration across
globally distributed teams
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Digital divide and its social, political and
cultural implication for collaborative decision making
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Assessment methodologies for quality of decisions in
a globally distributed teams
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ICT infrastructure to support global decision-making
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Leadership/cohesiveness issues in globally
distributed teams
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Trust among team members
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Issues related to functional and dysfunctional
globally distributed teams
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Security, privacy and risk associated with globally
distributed teams
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Case Studies (success/failures) related to decision
making by globally distributed teams
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Comparative case studies of collaborative
decision-making in different political, cultural and IT infrastructure
environment.
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