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Ubiquitous Transport Systems Assessing the Mobile-Stationary Divide. Magnus Andersson Rikard Lindgren Ola Henfridsson. Ubiquitous Computing in IS. Emergent research area Lyytinen & Yoo 2002, Jessup & Robey 2002 Special issue of Information & Organization, IFIP 8.2 2005.
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Ubiquitous Transport SystemsAssessing the Mobile-Stationary Divide Magnus Andersson Rikard Lindgren Ola Henfridsson
Ubiquitous Computing in IS • Emergent research area • Lyytinen & Yoo 2002, Jessup & Robey 2002 • Special issue of Information & Organization, IFIP 8.2 2005
Ubiquitous Transport Systems • Ubiquitous computing entails opportunities for mobile organizations • UTS: Seamlessly integrated computing environments applicable to the transport industry
UTS: Stakeholders in context Managers Drivers Dispatchers Administrators
Research project • Collaborative effort involving researchers, systems vendors and road haulage representatives • Action Research (Susman & Evered 1978) • Dual goal: Change/improvement & generation of knowledge • Current status: Diagnose • Previous work • Interviews with representatives from 18 road haulage organizations • Expectations on UTS
Recent work • An assessment of the Mobile-Stationary divide. • Focusing on organzations trying to bridge the divide. • Studies of instances of UTS in 6 organizations.
Mobile-Stationary Divide • Sociotechnical barriers to the realization of UTS • Sensemaking in standardized communication • Organizational configuration in heterogeneous work flow management • Resource control management of mobile data sources • Overcoming these challenges is vital for road haulage companies seeking to interconnect various technological, social and organizational elements.
Future work • Collaborative mobile-stationary interface standardization effort involving systems vendors and costumer organizations.