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....services industry, where a significant portion of today s business at the capital markets is already operated by self contained trading agents. It thus has been recognized that it is quite unsatisfying to study such artificial enterprises from a traditional organization theory perspective (Kirn et.al. 1994; Carley Prietula, 1994) The only link left to traditional organization theory is that of humans are the owners of such computational organizations. The methods and tools provided by traditional organization theory are not suitable to deal with such computational organizations. Therefore, ....

....Masuch, 1990; Carley Prietula, 1994; special issue of this journal in December 1993) Further work has been conducted in related disciplines such as operations research (Matsuda, 1992) computer supported cooperative work (Steiner et.al. 1990) coordination theory (Malone and Crowston, 1993; Kirn, 1994; Kirn and O Hare, 1995) 3 New Organizational Strategies: A Brief Review In the past, a great deal of work has been devoted to develop new strategies by which organizations can meet the challenges of dynamic, and sometimes even unpredictable environments, rapidly decreasing cycles of innovation, ....

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Kirn, St., Unland, R. and Wanka, U., MAMBA: Automatic Customization of Computerized Business Processes. Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 8, pp. 661-682, December 1994.

....As in most situations things are not as structured as we have been used to as information systems developers, we need a different approach. In ad hoc or less structured situations knowledge workers feel a need to customize the procedure to the actual needs of the specific case (see for example [Kir94]) We argue that this type of knowledge and insight is not acknowledged in workflow applications. 4 Customization Of Processes The most characteristic aspect of the attention for less structured processes is dealing with deviations from the predefined standard process. In situations where human ....

St. Kirn, R. Unland, U. Wanka. Mamba: Automatic Customization of Computerized Business Processes. Information Systems, 19(8):661-682, 1994.

....standard procedure, and the availability of alternative knowledge and information in order to supply the necessary information. 1. INTRODUCTION Modern business applications of information systems show a trend towards the development of systems that are decentralized, autonomous and heterogeneous (Kirn et al. 1994). The new generation of information systems is characterized by the combination and integration of local information systems (mostly databases) each with their own intended purpose and goal. Often we see that the goals of these local information systems are independent and that the integrated ....

....workers involved. This knowledge of the workers also includes information on the applicability of a predefined process (procedure) to a specific case. In ad hoc or less structured situations knowledge workers need to customize the procedure to the actual needs of the specific case (see for example (Kirn et al. 1994)) This type of knowledge and insight is not acknowledged in workflow applications. Additionally, the integrated system involves an integrated collection of data or documents. This integrated collection needs a different management process. Just as a large integrated (physical) warehouse needs ....

Kirn, St., Unland, R., Wanka, U., "Mamba: Automatic Customization of Computerized Business Processes", Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 8, 1994, p. 661-682.

....systems in a supporting role. Due to the different role that information systems play within an organization, the nature of information systems and their development has changed. In the new generation of information systems one can see systems that are decentralized, autonomous and heterogeneous (Kirn et al. 1994). These aspects make that the development process should be changed considerably or that it sometimes already has changed. One aspect of the modern organization is the communication that takes place between the different people 2 involved. More than before information systems have become ....

....today (Kalakota and Whinston, 1996) It is trivial that this new focus on business processes has its consequences on the information systems that support these business processes. We can see a trend towards the development of information systems that are decentralized, autonomous and heterogeneous (Kirn et al. 1994). The new generation of information systems is characterized by the combination and integration of local information systems, each with their own intended purpose and goal. Often we see that the goals of these local information systems are independent and that the integrated information system ....

Mamba: Automatic Customization of Computerized Business Processes, Kirn, Unland and Wanka, Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 8, 1994, pages 661-682.

....system is less vulnerable in handling exceptions and inconsistencies and much more targeted at the global business goals. 1 Introduction 2 Modern business applications of information systems show a trend towards the development of systems that are decentralized, autonomous and heterogeneous [KUW]. The new generation of information systems is characterized by the combination and integration of local information systems (mostly databases) each with their own intended purpose and goal. Often we see that the goals of these local information systems are independent and that the integrated ....

....workers involved. This knowledge of the workers also includes information on the applicability of a predefined process (procedure) to a specific case. In ad hoc or less structured situations knowledge workers need to customize the procedure to the actual needs of the specific case (see for example [KUW]) This type of knowledge and insight is not acknowledged in workflow applications. Additionally, the integrated system involves an integrated collection of data or documents. This integrated collection needs a different management process. Just as a large integrated warehouse needs other control ....

St. Kirn, R.Unland, U.Wanka, "Mamba: Automatic Customization of Computerized Business Processes", Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 8, 1994, p. 661-682.

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