Information Systems
Associate Professor
University of Colorado
Colorado Springs
mberanek@uccs.edu
Office: 719/262-3196
Fax: 719/262-3494

Peggy M. Beranek, PhD

Education

  • Ph.D., Management Information Systems, University of Arizona , Dissertation title: Stimulating Human Learning by Means of a Cognitively Engineered Learning Support System: An Empirical Study
  • M.B.A., University of Wisconsin
  • B.A., University of Wisconsin; Computer Science, Spanish

Current Classes

  • Data Base Concepts, Undergraduate
  • Introduction to Information Systems, Graduate
  • Managing Technology for Strategic Advantage, Graduate

Interests

  • Virtual Team Training
  • Virtual Project Management
  • Computer Supported Collaborative Work systems
  • Facilitation of Group Support Systems systems

Publications

  • "Guidelines for Managing Dispersed Teams: Enhancing Communication and Productivity", Peggy M. Beranek Handbook of Business Strategy Patricia Coate (ed.) (forthcoming, 2006).
     

  • "The Relationship of Control and Learning to Project Performance", Gary Klein, Peggy Beranek, James Jiang, Ben Martz, CBS, Cybernetics and Systems: An International Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2-3, 2006.
     

  • “Making Virtual Teams More Effective: Improving Relational Links,” Beranek, Peggy M. and Ben Martz, Team Performance Management Journal, Vol. 11, No. 5/6, 2005.
     

  • "Management of Virtual Project Teams: A Framework and Directions for Team Leaders", Peggy Beranek, Joanna Broder, Nicholas Romano and Bruce Reinig, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Volume 16(Article 10): 247-259, 2005.
     

  • "A Comparison of Relational and Trust Levels in Distance Learning Teams: Virtual Teams versus Face to Face Teams", Peggy M. Beranek and Monique French, The Learning Conference, Granada, Spain, July 11-15, 2005.
     

  • "Maximizing the Success of Distance Learning: Assuring Customer Satisfaction", Ben Martz, Morgan Shepherd, Peggy Beranek and Venkat Reddy, 8th International Conference on Business Information Systems, Poznan, Poland April 20-22, 2005.
     

  • "The Relationship of Control and Learning to Project Performance", Gary Klein, Peggy Beranek, Al Davis, Ben Martz,  8th International Conference on Business Information Systems, Poznan, Poland April 20-22, 2005.
     

  • "A Comparison of Relational and Trust Training Techniques for Virtual Team Communication: How Much Training is Enough?", Proceedings of The Hawaiian International Conference of Systems Sciences, 2005.

  • "Techniques for Organizing and Managing Virtual Work Teams", Panel Discussion, Collaboration and Virtual Teams, November 3-5, 2004, Tucson, AZ.
     

  • "Managing the Virtual Team: Directions for Project Managers" INFORMS, Denver, CO, 2004.

  • "Expanding the Data Warehouse Paradigm to Support the Virtual Company", Mary Ann Robbert and Peggy M. Beranek, The Americas Conference in Information Systems (AMCIS), Long Beach, CA, August 10-13, 2000. 


  • "A Comparison of Relationship Development Activities on Group Interactions",  Peggy M. Beranek and Ben Martz, The Americas Conference in Information Systems (AMCIS), Long Beach, CA, August 10-13, 2000. 


  • "Effects of Virtual Team Development and Trust Develoment", Peggy M. Beranek,  The Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences, January 4-7, 2000.


  • "Collaborative Technologies: Insight From the Classroom Experience" Peggy M. Beranek and Karen D. Loch, Journal of Informatics Education and Research v.1, n.1, (1999), 13-22.


  • "Training to Improve Virtual Team Communication," Merrill Warkentin and Peggy M. Beranek,  Information Systems Journal, v. 9, n. 4, October (1999), 271-290.


  • "A Hospital Catches the Millennium Bug", Janis L. Gogan and Peggy M Beranek, accepted for publication at The North American Case Research Association, October 28-30, 1999, Santa Rosa, CA.


  • "IT and Service Excellence: Challenges at a Rural Hospital", Janis L. Gogan and Peggy M. Beranek, The Proceedings of the 1999 International Service Operations Management Association (SOMA) Conference, August 1999, Boston, MA


  • "Group Facilitation in a Networked World" Catherine M. Beise, Fred Niederman and Peggy M. Beranek, Group Facilitation, A Research and Applications Journal. v 1, n.1, Winter (1999), 33-44.


  • "An Intelligent Agent Community for Supporting Distributed Decision-Making," Greg Elofson, Peggy M. Beranek and Philmena Thomas, Decision Support Systems., v. 20, n. 1, (1997), 83-98 


  • "Managing Convergence in GSS Meetings," Peggy M. Beranek, Presented at The Institute of Operations Research and Management Science Conference, May 6, 1997, San Diego, CA.


  • "Issues and Concerns about Computer Supported Meetings: The Facilitator's Perspective," Niederman, Fred, Cathy Beise and Peggy M. Beranek, Management Information Systems Quarterly, v. 20, n. 1, (1996), 1-22.


  • "Developing Techniques for Managing Information Overload in Meetings," Peggy M. Beranek, Catherine M. Beise and Fred Niederman, The Proceedings of The Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 16-18, 1996, Phoenix, AZ.


  • "Usefulness and Ease of Use: Field Study Evidence Regarding Task Considerations," Mark Keil, Peggy M. Beranek and Benn R. Konsynski, Decision Support Systems, v. 13, (1995) 75-91.


  • "The Integration of Cognitive Learning Strategies in an Undergraduate Computer Architecture Class," Peggy M. Beranek, The Journal of Computer Information Systems, v. 35, n. 4, (1995), 7-12.


  • Facilitation Issues in Distributed Group Support Systems," Fred Niederman, Catherine M. Beise and Peggy M. Beranek, Proceedings of Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research conference, April 1993.


  • "Facilitation and Group Support Systems," Peggy M. Beranek, Catherine M. Beise and Fred Niederman, Proceedings of The Hawaiian International Conference of Systems Sciences, Vol. IV p. 199-207. Jan 4-9, 1993.


  • "Facilitating Technology-Supported Group Work: A New Category of IS Personnel," Catherine M. Beise, Fred Niederman and Peggy M. Beranek, Journal on Computer Personnel Research, ACM Press v. 14 (1992) 6-15.


  • "Facilitating Technology-Supported Group Work: A New Category of IS Personnel," Catherine M. Beise, Fred Niederman and Peggy M. Beranek, Proceedings of Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research , March 1992.


  • "Assessing Program Visualization Systems as Instructional Aids," Badre, Albert, Margaret M. Beranek, J. Morgan Morris, and John Stasko, In I. Tomek, editor, Computer Assisted Learning Lecture Notes on Computer Science #602,.Springer-Verlag, Proceedings of 4th The International Conference on Computers-Assisted Learning, ICCAL '92, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, CAN July 1992.


  • "Collaborative Strategic Product Design, Margaret M. Beranek," Proceedings of Decision Sciences Institute 22nd Annual Meeting, November, 1991, Miami, FL.


  • "Coordination and Control for Collaborative Workstation Design," Mark O. Pendergast and M. Beranek, Proceedings of The Human Computer Interaction Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 1991.


  • "Building More Meaning into the Modeling Process," Margaret M. Beranek and Connie E. Wells, Proceedings of The International Conference of Simulation and Gaming, Management of Information Systems (MoIS) session, Kyoto, Japan, July 1991.


Workshops, Seminars and Presentations

  • Facilitating the Meeting Process, Peggy M. Beranek, invited presentation, California State University, Chico, CA, CIS department, January 10, 1998.


  • The Use of Qualitative Research Methods, Peggy M. Beranek, invited presentation, Georgia State University, College of Business, Faculty Development Committee, April 19, 1996.


  • Qualitative Research Methods for Computer Supported Collaborative Work, Peggy M. Beranek, invited presentation, University of Georgia, Dept. of Management, October 28, 1994.


  • Qualitative Research for CSCW: Theory Building Beyond Initial Preconceptions and Frameworks, Peggy M. Beranek, International Research on Information Systems, August 7-9, 1994, Syote, Finland.


  • Enhancing Classroom Learning and Group Work with GroupWare, Peggy M. Beranek and Karen D. Loch, Information Resources Management Association, May 22-25, 1994, San Antonio, TX.


  • Emerging Technologies - Groupware, Executive seminar, for Executive MBA program, Erasmus University at Georgia State University.

Last updated on 8/31/2006