Between transient constructs and persistent structures: Designing systems in action

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 331-349

  Lanzara, G F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bricolage; Design in action; Learning; Sensemaking; Transient constructs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007124194     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(00)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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