| E-Collaboration in Modern Organizations: Initiating and Managing Distributed Project combines comprehensive research related to e-collaboration in modern organizations, emphasizing topics relevant to those involved in initiating and managing distributed projects. Providing authoritative content to scholars, researchers, and practitioners, this book specifically describes conceptual and theoretical issues that have implications for distributed project management, implications surrounding the use of e-collaborative environments for distributed projects, and emerging issues and debate related directly and indirectly to e-collaboration support for distributed project management.
About the Author Ned Kock is associate professor and founding chair of the Division of International Business and Technology Studies at Texas A&M International University. He holds degrees in electronics engineering (BEE), computer science (MS), and management information systems (PhD). Dr. Kock has authored and edited several books, including the best-selling Systems Analysis and Design Fundamentals: A Business Process Redesign Approach. Dr. Kock has published his research in a number of high-impact journals including Communications of the ACM, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, IEEE Transactions, Information & Management, MIS Quarterly, and Organization Science. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of e-Collaboration, associate editor of the Journal of Systems and Information Technology, and associate editor for information systems of the journal IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. His research interests include action research, ethical and legal issues in technology research and management, e-collaboration, and business process improvement. |