A Fast-Developing Medium with Potential for 'Information Overload

question 31

Multiple Choice

A fast-developing medium with potential for 'information overload'. To which of the following information processing technologies is this constraint most relevant.

• A) Internet
• B) Decision support systems
• C) Extranet
• D) Local area networks
• E) Expert systems

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Definitions:

Collective Effort Model

A theory suggesting that individuals are motivated to contribute to a group's goals based on the expected outcomes and perceived value of their contribution towards those goals.

Unchallenging Tasks

Tasks that are easy to complete and do not require significant effort, skill, or creativity.

Social Loafing

The situation in which persons contribute less energy towards realizing a goal when they are part of a group than when they are on their own.

Actual Productivity

The real output or results produced by an individual, group, or organization, as opposed to potential output or expected performance.