Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become an important factor in ourpersonal lives as well as in our social organizations—at work, at home, in our hospitals, in thepolitical institutions and in the public media. While in work settings the dynamics of sharedbusiness goals,...

The paper describes a long-term study of a groupware application which covers thecomplete lifecycle from the groupware's introduction to its removal. During that time ourfield of application offered the opportunity to gain deep insights into personal,organizational and technical aspects of the...

Although the idea of electronically networked individuals forming a community is one of the oldest visions in computer science, it has never been a research issue a community of computer scientists was dedicated to. Neither had group work been before it evolved as a research issue in the...

Das aktuelle Verständnis von Industrie 4.0 umfasst oftmals die Vision einer vollautomatisierten und Technologie-determinierten Entwicklung der deutschen Industrie. Eine praktische Ausgestaltung einer solchen Vision bietet dabei keine hinreichende Option für den Mittelstand – den eigentlichen...