Egger, EdeltraudWagner, Ina2020-06-062020-06-0619921992http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00754330https://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3422This paper focuses on time management as a cooperative task. Based on an analysis of the cultural complexity of scheduling surgical operations in a large clinic, possibilities of using information technology are explored. A computer system can be used to facilitate and change the negotiation of resource deployment in complex organizations by a) providing an integrated view of time management problems and decision-making within a complex organization, and b) by improving coordination. The paper discusses some design options for such a system which combines negotiation support with an auromatic sheduling device and critically examines the rationale for an organization to accept and implement such a system.Cooperative workNegotiationOrganizational ChangeSchedulingSystems DesignTime ManagementText/Journal Article10.1007/BF007543301573-7551