Abstract
Due to globalisation of markets, business processes of today are characterized by a change from individual work to team work as well as by a shift from single, independently acting corporations to virtual organisations operating as dynamic networks. On the other hand, trends emerging in this context are joint ventures and outsourcing — trends which result in an increased complexity and frequency of communication, co-ordination and co-operation within companies as well as across organisational boundaries. As a consequence, meetings at all levels have become more frequently over the past decade. This development calls for improved and enhanced communication facilities at an internal level, e.g., between various teams of a company, and at an external level, e.g., between a corporation and its suppliers or customers.
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1995 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Haake, J.M., Bever, M., Bumiller, J., Martin, D. (1995). Panel Description: The future of business meetings — possibilities and problems of computer support in virtual organisations. In: Sölvberg, A., Krogstie, J., Seltveit, A.H. (eds) Information Systems Development for Decentralized Organizations. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34871-1_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34871-1_14
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4757-5491-9
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-34871-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive