Categories, disciplines, and social coordination

dc.contributor.authorWinograd, Terry
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-06T00:42:36Z
dc.date.available2020-06-06T00:42:36Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.date.issued1993
dc.description.abstractLucy Suchman's paper, “Do categories have politics,” challenges the validity of speech act theory as a basis for computer systems for workflow support. Suchman fears that the explicitiness of the theory leads to undue discipline when it is applied in practice. Her fear is grounded in a misunderstanding of what it means to use such a theory, and this paper clarifies the difference between formal comprehensive models of behavior and formal structures used in communication and recording, Explicit speech act theory, like explicit accounting procedures, enforces a kind of uniformity that is necessary in any communication situation where ambiguity and vagueness cannot be routinely resolved through direct personal contact and knowledge. The practicalities of large geographically distributed organizations makes the appropriate use of shared structuring a precondition for effective cooperation.de
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/BF00749016
dc.identifier.pissn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00749016
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3448
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 2, No. 3
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectcoordination
dc.subjectdiscipline
dc.subjectlanguage/action perspective
dc.subjectSpeech act theory
dc.subjectThe Coordinator
dc.titleCategories, disciplines, and social coordinationde
dc.typeText/Journal Article
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