Harnessing complexity in CSCW

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dc.contributor.authorKaplan, Simon M.
dc.contributor.authorSeebeck, Lesley
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-15T11:49:49Z
dc.date.available2017-04-15T11:49:49Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractWe argue that socio-technical systems can be understood as complex adaptive systems, that is, systems containing component sub-systems interacting such that they co-evolve This viewpoint may allow us to understand more clearly the factors that underlie the complexities of socio-technical systems, and allows for a new approach to systems design predicated on unpredictable adaptive processes. System designers, we argue, need to seek to understand the underlying structures, drivers and nature of change within the system and of the system as a whole This paper presents an outline of the complexity mechanisms that operate within socio-technical systems, and illustrates the concepts and system design implications by way of a case.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/0-306-48019-19
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-306-48019-5
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
dc.relation.ispartofECSCW 2001: Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
dc.relation.ispartofseriesECSCW
dc.titleHarnessing complexity in CSCW
dc.typeText
gi.citation.endPage378
gi.citation.startPage359
gi.conference.date2001-09-16
gi.conference.locationBonn, Germany
gi.conference.sessiontitleFull Papers

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