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ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)
Grapevine: an exercise in distributed computing
Communications of the ACM
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Electronic Meetings: Technical Alternatives
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A communication-oriented approach to structuring the software maintenance environment
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Group decision support systems: An essential tool for resolving organizational conflicts
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
DSS for top executives: Obstacles and bridges
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
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Planning is a basic organizational decision-making activity often requiring the judgment and expertise of a group of organization members. Computer and communications support for the planning process can help individuals and groups, who may have different perspectives and priorities, to communicate and coordinate their activities. This article examines how groups organize their planning and decision-making activities in a number of application areas, and identifies their requirements in terms of communication structures and online information systems capabilities. Examples are given from engineering projects, computer projects, scientific communities, company planning, and crisis management. The applicability of a distributed decision-making approach to organizing information systems support is assessed as a way of meeting these requirements.