Multiview as social informatics in action: past, present and future
Abstract
Purpose
This paper is intended to pay tribute to the inspiration provided by Rob Kling by showing how his ideas about social informatics in general and the use of web models in particular, have helped us to formulate and develop our own work in the field of information systems development methods.
Design/methodology/approach
A conceptual discussion and approach are taken.
Findings
Illustrates how Kling's advocacy of the need for a more holistic form of explanation of the behaviour of what he (and Walt Scacchi) termed “computer resources” gave shape to ideas emerging from others' action research studies at that time, and how his attempts to set the agenda for the emerging field of Social Informatics have informed subsequent developments in work in the area of methodological inquiry.
Originality/value
Provides an evaluation of Kling's pioneering and inspirational work on information and communication technologies.
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Citation
Wood‐Harper, T. and Wood, B. (2005), "Multiview as social informatics in action: past, present and future", Information Technology & People, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 26-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840510585918
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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