Work system principles - Towards a justified design theory on the grounds of socio-instrumental pragmatism

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 363, Issue , 2008, Pages 69-76

  Petersson, Johan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

contextual understanding; design principles; work practice; work system

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DESIGN THEORY; INSTRUMENTAL ACTION; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; WORK PRACTICES; WORK SYSTEM;

DESIGN;

EID: 77953839093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1479190.1479200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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