Teleconferenced Group Decision Making: Designing for Improved Performance. Part 1
Abstract
This project is concerned with trying to get the best out of teleconferencing. It forms part of a broader program of research by DARPA to build a personal communication system to link members of the government executive and the military command at times of national emergency when it may be inopportune or inadvisable to have all the contributors to decision making in one place. The teleconference, that is generically systems which permit groups of people to hold meetings even when geographically separated, has been the subject of research, speculation and pronouncement within the broader field of office automation and business efficiency for more than a decade. Arriving from such a perspective, the concern of this activity has been to show that use of teleconferencing can reduce business operating costs, or save national energy, without having too many damaging effects on the progress and outcome of meetings that would presumably otherwise have been held in the orthodox 'round-the-table' manner.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA102727