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In article <409@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> gpatapis@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (George Patapis) writes:
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>	I am currently undertaking a major research project on trends in
>	networks and workstations and the implications for management 
>	information systems in the context of organisations, decision makers,
>	and information development resources.
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>	I would greatly appreciate any guidance to papers/articles and 
>	suitable texts, in relation to the above. I am also interested
>	in your own personal views and ideas, if you are involved in
>	one of the above areas. Thanks in advance.
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>						George Patapis.

George,

There is work going on in the Center for Coordination Science at MIT's
Sloan School of Management headed (I think) by Thomas Malone on how
information systems integrate with the organization.

They state in an executive summary:

"The costs and capabilities of information technology are improving by
orders of magnitude every decade, but we are only beginning to understand
the opportunities these changes provide for new ways of organizing human
activity and new kinds of technology to help people work together.  The
new MIT Center for Coordination Science conducts multidisciplinary research
to help understand these possibilities better.  Research in the center draws
upon may parts of MIT and ongoning projects in a variety of fields, including:
computer science, organization theory, psychology, information management
systems, management science and economics."  Plus more...

You might check them out.

.. Otto

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