In search of an integrative vision for technology :  interdisciplinary studies in information systems / 
[edited by] Sytse Strijbos, Andrew Basden. 
 - First edition. 
 - xix, 310 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
 - Contemporary systems thinking .
 - Contemporary systems thinking. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-294) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction : in search of an integrative vision for technology /  Aspects of knowledge representation /  Reflecting on the use of the concept of qualifying function in system design /  Elicitation of highly interdisciplinary knowledge /  An appreciative critique and refinement of checkland's soft systems methodology /  The systems character of modern technology /  Communication without bounds? /  Norms of communication and the rise of the network society /  Evaluation of systems in human practice /  Multimodal investigation of technology-aided human practice in business operations /  An aspectual understanding of the human use of information technology /  The idea of a systems ethics /  Normative sources of systems thinking : an inquiry into religious ground-motives of systems thinking paradigms /  Towards a 'disclosive systems thinking' /  Reflections on the CPTS model of interdisciplinarity /  Technology and systems - but what about the humanities? /  S. Strijbos and A. Basden --  A. Basden --  B. Bergvall-Kareborn --  M. Winfield and A. Basden --  A. Mirijamdotter and B. Bergvall-Kareborn --  S. Strijbos --  J. van der Stoep --  J. van der Stoep --  A. E. Vlug and J. van der Lei --  D. M. Eriksson --  A. Basden --  S. Strijbos --  D. M. Eriksson --  S. Strijbos --  G. Midgley --  C. Mitcham.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0387321500 9780387321509 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006920024 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Technology--Philosophy<br/>System theory<br/>Information networks--Philosophy<br/>Technology--Social aspects
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T14  / .I456 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.483