Mobile Applications for Knowledge Workers and Field Workers

Table 2

Mobile knowledge work versus mobile field work.

	Knowledge workers	Field workers
Composition	Unstructured	Structured
Occurrence	Irregular	Reoccurring
Complexity	High complexity	Less complexity
Urgency	Less urgency	High urgency
Place of work	On the road	On-site
Impact of decision	High impact	Low impact
Information	Deep information; (knowledge for decisions support)	Location based information; (ad hoc information)