Collaborative Design: An SSM-enabled Organizational Learning Approach

International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-69

  Mirijamdotter, Anita ^a   Somerville, Mary M ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

action research interaction design; governmental IS; participative design; process design; soft systems methodology; user participation; user centered design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001799457     PISSN: 1935570X     EISSN: 19355718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitsa.2009010104     Document Type: Article

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