Business Organizations and Collaborative Web: Practices, Strategies and Patterns

With the globalization of economies and growth of information and communication technologies (ICT), collaboration has become the key to survival. Just like individuals and mankind, business organizations also depend on collaboration for survival and growth. The concept of departments, committees, teams, etc., which are so fundamental to any organizational structure, all point to the importance of collaboration. Business Organizations and Collaborative Web: Practices, Strategies and Patterns delves deeper into identifying specific business processes and their linkage with the collaborative Web, while understanding the related implications for individuals, organizations and society. This book identifies current practices and future possibilities of making the collaborative Web a tool for business. It also presents the opportunities and challenges confronting organizations in the light of such emerging trends and should prove to be a valuable asset to strategists, managers, academicians, researchers, and students in any area of business and management.

Kamna Malik is currently an Associate Professor of Information Systems and Assistant Dean, Research at U21Global Graduate School, Singapore, Dr. Malik's work profile is a good mix of practice, teaching, research and academic administration. She has a wide range of experience with leading business organizations and business schools in the region. She has been involved with management education for over 18 years and has conducted courses for many variants of management programs in face to face as well as pure online setting. Her teaching interests include strategic Information Systems, software design and quality, and e-business. Her research focus lies in enabling better use of information technology for improved business value. She has published books, edited books and research articles in the areas of Information Systems strategy, software quality, e-learning and collaborative Web. She is an active conference organizer and reviewer for peer reviewed journals.

Praveen K. Choudhary is a BE and PGDBM (Marketing) from XLRI Jamshedpur, India. He has around 16 years of experience in industry, teaching, and consultancy. He has extensive experience in enterprise level process applications, QA, program management, consulting, and process definitions activities for QA - including post business acquisitions for international clients. An active guest faculty for many premier b-schools like IMT Ghaziabad and MDI Gurgaon, in the region, he has published one book titled "Software Quality - Practitioner's Approach" published by Tata McGraw Hill, and several national and international papers in field of quality, operations and supply chain management. His broad academic and industry focus lies in next generation Web, e-commerce and supply chain management, bringing business value through process excellence, and quality enabling organization culture change.