DAI-List Digest        Monday, 21 October 1991         Issue Number 59

Topics:
  Query on Coordination
  Reminder - CFP and Announcement for ISDSS Meeting

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Date:  Thu, 17 Oct 91 13:35:05 -0500
From: sukumar@emx.utexas.edu (Sukumar Rathnam)
Subject: request for info. on coordination

As part of my dissertation we are trying to measure the degree of
coordination (or the lack of it) in business teams.

I was wondering if anyone had developed an instrument or at least scale
items for measuring coordination.

Please reply by EMail to sukumar@emx.utexas.edu.  I will post a summary
of any responses. 

Thanks,
Sukumar
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Date:  Thu, 10 Oct 91 13:51:45 -0500
From: abw@emx.utexas.edu (Andrew B. Whinston)
Subject: ISDSS Meeting CFP

CALL FOR PAPERS

ISDSS, the International Society for Decision Support Systems, will
have its second conference in Ulm, Germany, June, 22-25, 1992. The
conference will put particular emphasis on the following areas:

IDSS Foundations (e.g. concepts, architectures)
IDSS Development (e.g. tools, methods)
IDSS Usage and Evalutation (e.g. effects, metrics)
IDSS Applications (e.g. system features, experiences)

Unpublished papers are invited in the areas listed above. For this
conference, theoretical, empirical, and applied research will be
considered. Especially sought is work concerned with modeling and solver
integration, multiparticipant decision support, distributed/parallel
decision environments, DSS quality assessment, artificially intelligent
DSS, and multidisciplinary approaches to decision support.

A three page synopsis of the research paper should be submitted by
November 30, 1991. The submission should identify in which of the four
areas the paper fits. The synopsis will be refereed as a basis for the
organizing committee's decision about whether to invite a presentation
based on the paper. Notification of acceptance will occur by February
15, 1992. To be included in the ISDSS Conference Proceedings, the
complete version of the accepted paper, incorporating feedback from the
conference, should be received by August 31, 1992. The organizing
committee will subsequently edit a special issue of Decision Support
Systems composed of selected, fully-refereed papers from the ISDSS
conference.

All submissions should be sent to:

Prof. Dr. Dr. F.J. Radermacher
FAW Ulm
Helmholtzstraae 16
D-7900 Ulm
Email radermac@dulfaw1a.bitnet


THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
ANNOUNCES ITS SECOND CONFERENCE (Second ISDSS-Conference)

EXPLORING THE NEXT GENERATION OF DECISION SUPPORT

June 22-25, 1992
Ulm, Germany

The ISDSS conference provides a forum for the international community of
DSS researchers and practioners to share ideas, insights, and
observations about the frontiers of the DSS field. It is intended to
promote the next wave of advances in the field through informative,
stimulative, and evocative interchanges among participants. The
conference includes overview lectures on trends in DSS, presentations of
DSS researcher papers, panel discussions, and system demonstrations.
There is a registration cap of 90 participants.

Registration fee for ISDSS member is DM 300,-, others DM 400,-. The fee
includes local transportation, refreshments, meals and social program.

For submission information and registration information contact:

Professor Dr. Dr. F. J. Radermacher
FAW Ulm
Helmholtzstraae 16
D-7900 Ulm

Organizing committee:

M. Jarke (Aachen)
C. Holsapple (Lexington)
F.J. Radermacher (Ulm)
U. Rieder (Ulm)
A. Whinston (Austin)