Diagnostic Reasoning in the Use of Travel Management System

dc.contributor.authorArminen, Ilkka
dc.contributor.authorPoikus, Piia
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-06T13:07:29Z
dc.date.available2020-06-06T13:07:29Z
dc.date.issued39965
dc.description.abstractWe explore the appropriation of a self-management administrative system from the perspective of diagnostic reasoning. The case study, based on documents, ethnography and videotapes, concerns the appropriation of a travel management system in a major university in Finland. To explore this process from a user-centric view, we focus on the diagnostic work required in the appropriation of the new system, analyzing both the generic diagnostic reasoning of how the users navigate in the system and their individual and collaborative problem-solving strategies. This approach reveals the interaction between the users and the technology, which incorporates inbuilt models of users, administrative work and work processes. Our analysis concerns interactive instances which resulted from misdiagnosis of the functions of the system. For example, the orchestration and labeling of items in the application pose diagnostic challenges to end-users and may eventually be resolved in collaboration with administrative personnel. The individual and collaborative diagnostic reasoning sheds light on the hidden organizational embeddedness of self-management solutions, providing suggestions for developing the design and deployment of administrative self-management systems. The appropriated self-management system should finally be based on the end-user’s diagnostic reasoning so that the employees can base their actions on their taken-for-granted competence and the skills gained during the appropriation of the system.de
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10606-008-9086-3
dc.identifier.pissn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-008-9086-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3977
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 18
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectadministrative self-management systems
dc.subjectappropriation of HRM solutions
dc.subjectconversation analysis
dc.subjectdiagnostic reasoning
dc.subjectethnomethodology
dc.subjecthuman–computer interaction
dc.subjectuser reconfiguration
dc.titleDiagnostic Reasoning in the Use of Travel Management Systemde
dc.typeText/Journal Article
gi.citation.endPage276
gi.citation.startPage251

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