Offices are open systems

Abstract

This paper is intended as a contribution to analysis of the implications of viewing offices as open systems. It takes a prescriptive stance on how to establish the information-processing foundations for taking action and making decisions in office work from an open systems perspective. We propose due process as a central activity in organizational information processing. Computer systems are beginning to play important roles in mediating the ongoing activities of organizations.We expect that these roles will gradually increase in importance as computer systems take on more of the authority and responsibility for ongoing activities. At the same time we expect computer systems to acquire more of the characteristics and structure of human organizations.

Exploratory analysis of differences between social experience design and user experience design

“…The social aspects of information technology research were organization-focused. An organization is an open system [10]. Grudin presented eight challenges to groupware that stem from social dynamics [11].…”

The Sensor Web: systems of sensor systems

“…The Sensor Web as a typical complex adaptive system is required to exhibit all the characteristics of complex adaptive systems. The internet is also considered a complex adaptive system (Hewitt 1986 Web exists within (Hu et al 2006). If we accept that the internet is an overarching network of interconnected networks and resources, the Sensor Web is a network of sensor networks and resources by the fact that it is part of the internet (Comer 1999 Meta-data plays an essential role in discovering, using and managing both sensors and observation data, as temporal, spatial, and thematic information are required to interpret any observation data correctly.…”

Die Provokation der „Artificial Societies“

“…Obgleich der "mainstream" der VKI nach wie vor auch vom kognitivistischen Paradigma der traditionellen KI beeinflußt wird, mehren sich die Stimmen in der VKI, die ein gene relles Unbehagen an dem kognitivistischen Para digma zum Ausdruck bringen und eine Neuaus richtung an sozialen Metaphern und soziolo gischen Konzepten vorschlagen. Auch in dieser Frage, wie in der VKI generell, ist die Vorreiterrol le der "DAI community" der USA nicht zu über sehen (Hewitt 1977, Komfeld/Hewitt 1981, Hewitt 1986, Bendifallah et al 1988, Star 1989, Gasser 1991, Hewitt 1991, Gasser 1992, Gasser 1993, Gasser/Majchrzak 1994, Shoham/ Tennenholtz 1992und 1994. Allerdings hat die europäische VKI inzwischen nachgezogen und weitere und teilweise eigene "sozionische" Akzen te gesetzt (Werner 1989, Castelfranchi/Conte 1992, Burkhard 1993, Müller 1993, Castelfranchi/Werner 1994, Conte/Castelfranchi 1994, Conte/Castelfranchi 1995, Gilbert/Conte 1995.…”