GDSS

Discussion: Explain how GDSS can increase some benefits of collaboration and decision making in groups and eliminate or reduce some losses.  Question for discussion: 

1. Explain why it is useful to describe group work in terms of the time/place framework. 

2. Describe the kinds of support that groupware can provide to decision-makers. 

3. Explain why most groupware is deployed today over the Web. 

4. Explain in what ways physical meetings can be inefficient. Explain how technology can make meetings more effective  Exercise: 1. Compare Simon’s four-phase decision-making model to the steps in using GDS  Discussion: Explain how GDSS can increase some benefits of collaboration and decision making in groups and eliminate or reduce some losses. 

Question for discussion:  1. Explain why it is useful to describe group work in terms of the time/place framework.  2. Describe the kinds of support that groupware can provide to decision-makers.  3. Explain why most groupware is deployed today over the Web.  4. Explain in what ways physical meetings can be inefficient.

Explain how technology can make meetings more effective  Exercise: 1. Compare Simon’s four-phase decision-making model to the steps in using GDS