A modelling method for the development of groupware applications as socio-technical systems

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-135

  Herrmann, Thomas ^a   Hoffmann, Marcel ^a   Kunau, Gabriele ^a   Loser, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; GROUPWARE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

SELF REFERENTIAL METARELATIONS; SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 1842781564     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290310001644840     Document Type: Article

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