High reliability virtual organizations: Co-adaptive technology and organizational structures in tsunami warning systems

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Grabowski, Martha ^a   Roberts, Karlene ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Computerhuman interaction; Crisis management; Disaster management; Disaster response; High reliability organizations; Organizational structures; Technology; Tsunami warning systems; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HUMAN INTERACTION; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RESPONSE; HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION;

ALARM SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PREVENTION; RELIABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84856053684     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: 15577325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2063231.2063233     Document Type: Article

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