Wearable computers, such as PDAs and cell phones, are proliferating in organizations. This paper introduces a methodology for leveraging this wearable infrastructure to provide insight to the underlying social dynamics of an organization. The work lays a foundation that will enable a variety of applications, from knowledge management to organizational simulation.

In order to survive and develop effectively in an increasingly dynamic and uncertain environment, an organization should have the capacity for continuous and adaptive changes. Change can only occur through the collaboration of participants of this process. Collaboration should be adaptive. Adaptability of collaboration is expressed by its adjustment to dynamic organizational changes. Adaptive c...

In this paper we propose an infrastructure for a secure remote authentication, management and operation system for a distributed global wireless sensor network testbed. We base the design of the architecture on an existing well-established, widely deployed and frequently used authentication and authorization system developed to simplify inter-organizational access to web-resources. The proposed...

BACKGROUND Safety promotion is planned and practised not only by public health organizations, but also by other welfare state agencies, private companies and non-governmental organizations. The term 'infrastructure' originally denoted the underlying resources needed for warfare, e.g. roads, industries, and an industrial workforce. Today, 'infrastructure' refers to the physical elements, organiz...

Important connections exist among product-line CBSE, systematic reuse, component infrastructure, and the processes and organization that produce a product-line. Most organizations successfully adopt CBSE incrementally by carefully matching the new technology with a business need and organizational process maturity. To effectively develop a product-line, you need a coherent approach to architect...

This chapter describes an empirical analysis of the mediating effects of supply chain coordination strategy and manufacturing IT infrastructure on the relationship between business complexity and inventory turnover. Business complexity describes the diversity and volatility associated with a firm’s product markets. To cope with this complexity, firms deploy inventory buffers. This deployment sh...

This paper proposes a research methodology, Lab-based Action Design Research, which combines organizational intervention (action research), building innovative artifacts (engineering research) and studies of software development practice (behavioral research) within a laboratory environment. Seven principles for successful Lab-based Action Design Research are proposed – attract funding with a w...

We present an approach to collaborative software development where obtaining components and contributing components across organizational boundaries are explicit phases in the development process. A lightweight generative infrastructure supports this approach with an online package base, and several generators that simplify the construction and composition of component packages. The infrastruct...

Background: Iran is a country with a high rate of natural disasters like earthquake. The environmental conditions slow down the delivery of health services, especially in the event of disasters. The modern technologies such as telemedicine are appropriate for facilitating disaster relief operations after an earthquake. This study aimed to develop a model for the implementation of telemedicine i...

In this paper we describe the process of renewing the Informatics infrastructure of Sao Paulo University Medical School Hospital, a very complex environment. Our proposal consists of a change in the paradigm of Informatics and the use of Information Technology in the hospital. That change aims at making information available to the hospital, its managers, health care workers and patients. The p...