Ebook: Remote Cooperation: CSCW Issues for Mobile and Teleworkers

Computer supported work is increasingly being done out of the traditional office environment, for example whilst travelling or at home and there is a growing need to support the cooperative aspects of such work. Remote Cooperation looks at ways of improving the available communications, through the use of packet radio and compression techniques, in order to reduce the imbalance between office-based and mobile workers. It also assesses how the effectiveness of the existing communications infrastructure can be improved, by providing cooperative applications which fit within its limitations.
Broadly divided into five sections - social and economic context, application domains, software technology and infrastructure, communications technology and infrastructure, working and learning from home - this volume contains contributions from both the research community and industry.

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Computer supported work is increasingly being done out of the traditional office environment, for example whilst travelling or at home and there is a growing need to support the cooperative aspects of such work. Remote Cooperation looks at ways of improving the available communications, through the use of packet radio and compression techniques, in order to reduce the imbalance between office-based and mobile workers. It also assesses how the effectiveness of the existing communications infrastructure can be improved, by providing cooperative applications which fit within its limitations.
Broadly divided into five sections - social and economic context, application domains, software technology and infrastructure, communications technology and infrastructure, working and learning from home - this volume contains contributions from both the research community and industry.

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Computer supported work is increasingly being done out of the traditional office environment, for example whilst travelling or at home and there is a growing need to support the cooperative aspects of such work. Remote Cooperation looks at ways of improving the available communications, through the use of packet radio and compression techniques, in order to reduce the imbalance between office-based and mobile workers. It also assesses how the effectiveness of the existing communications infrastructure can be improved, by providing cooperative applications which fit within its limitations.
Broadly divided into five sections - social and economic context, application domains, software technology and infrastructure, communications technology and infrastructure, working and learning from home - this volume contains contributions from both the research community and industry.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Working in the Virtual Office....Pages 11-16
CSCW for the Mobile Teleworker....Pages 17-21
The Electronic Hard Hat: CSCW on the Construction Site....Pages 23-39
Support for Community Care....Pages 41-54
The ‘Salesman’s Promise’: CSCW in Sales....Pages 55-67
Observations on Practically Perfect CSCW....Pages 69-86
Personal Information Management in the Context of Collaborative Work....Pages 87-94
Activity Coordination in Decentralized Working Environments....Pages 95-112
Information Requirements of Distributed Workers....Pages 113-143
Mobile Open Systems Technology for the Utilities Industries....Pages 145-166
The Distributed Home Environment and the New Oikos....Pages 167-175
Teaching, Learning and Collaborating at a Virtual Summer School....Pages 177-219
Back Matter....Pages 221-236

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Computer supported work is increasingly being done out of the traditional office environment, for example whilst travelling or at home and there is a growing need to support the cooperative aspects of such work. Remote Cooperation looks at ways of improving the available communications, through the use of packet radio and compression techniques, in order to reduce the imbalance between office-based and mobile workers. It also assesses how the effectiveness of the existing communications infrastructure can be improved, by providing cooperative applications which fit within its limitations.
Broadly divided into five sections - social and economic context, application domains, software technology and infrastructure, communications technology and infrastructure, working and learning from home - this volume contains contributions from both the research community and industry.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Working in the Virtual Office....Pages 11-16
CSCW for the Mobile Teleworker....Pages 17-21
The Electronic Hard Hat: CSCW on the Construction Site....Pages 23-39
Support for Community Care....Pages 41-54
The ‘Salesman’s Promise’: CSCW in Sales....Pages 55-67
Observations on Practically Perfect CSCW....Pages 69-86
Personal Information Management in the Context of Collaborative Work....Pages 87-94
Activity Coordination in Decentralized Working Environments....Pages 95-112
Information Requirements of Distributed Workers....Pages 113-143
Mobile Open Systems Technology for the Utilities Industries....Pages 145-166
The Distributed Home Environment and the New Oikos....Pages 167-175
Teaching, Learning and Collaborating at a Virtual Summer School....Pages 177-219
Back Matter....Pages 221-236
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