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