ENCOURAGING A CULTURE CHANGE IN TASK MANAGEMENT WITHIN PIM TOOLS

Roger Tagg, Leonard Koh, Tamara Beames

2010

Abstract

Personal Information Management (PIM) software tools are becoming increasingly important in easing the high information workloads of today’s knowledge workers. However despite the efforts of both commercial vendors and research teams, significant improvements have yet to find their way into mainstream commercial tools and common usage. This paper focusses on two particular aspects: improved support for task management and better user interface metaphors. We also address the issue of how current knowledge work culture affects the way in which PIM tools are utilised, and of adoption of these tools.

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Tagg R., Koh L. and Beames T. (2010). ENCOURAGING A CULTURE CHANGE IN TASK MANAGEMENT WITHIN PIM TOOLS . In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-08-9, pages 137-142. DOI: 10.5220/0002889201370142


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@conference{iceis10,
author={Roger Tagg and Leonard Koh and Tamara Beames},
title={ENCOURAGING A CULTURE CHANGE IN TASK MANAGEMENT WITHIN PIM TOOLS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,},
year={2010},
pages={137-142},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002889201370142},
isbn={978-989-8425-08-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,
TI - ENCOURAGING A CULTURE CHANGE IN TASK MANAGEMENT WITHIN PIM TOOLS
SN - 978-989-8425-08-9
AU - Tagg R.
AU - Koh L.
AU - Beames T.
PY - 2010
SP - 137
EP - 142
DO - 10.5220/0002889201370142