Situated information systems: Supporting routine activity in organisations

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 53-82

  Johnston, Robert B ^a   Waller, Vivienne ^a   Milton, Simon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information systems theory; Methodologies; Ontology; Routine work; Situated action; Systems analysis and design; Theories of action

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745072830     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2005.007400     Document Type: Article

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