From the social to the systematic: Mechanisms supporting coordination in design

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 387-413

  Carstensen, Peter H ^a   Sørensen, Carsten ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination mechanisms; Design work; Field study; Formalization; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

COORDINATION MECHANISMS; DESIGN WORK;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030376077     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00136712     Document Type: Article

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