Management perspectives on usability in a public authority: A case study

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 2006, Pages 38-47

  Cajander, Asa ^a   Gulliksen, Jan ^a   Boivie, Inger ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basic values; Case study; Management; Participatory design; Public authority; Responsibility; Studies of organizations and usability studies; UCSD; Usability

Indexed keywords

BASIC VALUES; CASE STUDY; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; PUBLIC AUTHORITY; STUDIES OF ORGANIZATIONS AND USABILITY STUDIES;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 34547162447     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1182475.1182480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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