TY  - BOOK
AU  - Strijbos,S.
AU  - Basden,Andrew
TI  - In search of an integrative vision for technology: interdisciplinary studies in information systems 
T2  - Contemporary systems thinking
SN  - 0387321500
AV  - T14 .I456 2006
U1  - 303.483 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Springer
KW  - Technology
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - System theory
KW  - Information networks
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-294) and index; 1; Introduction : in search of an integrative vision for technology; S. Strijbos and A. Basden --; 2; Aspects of knowledge representation; A. Basden --; 3; Reflecting on the use of the concept of qualifying function in system design; B. Bergvall-Kareborn --; 4; Elicitation of highly interdisciplinary knowledge; M. Winfield and A. Basden --; 5; An appreciative critique and refinement of checkland's soft systems methodology; A. Mirijamdotter and B. Bergvall-Kareborn --; 6; The systems character of modern technology; S. Strijbos --; 7; Communication without bounds?; J. van der Stoep --; 8; Norms of communication and the rise of the network society; J. van der Stoep --; 9; Evaluation of systems in human practice; A. E. Vlug and J. van der Lei --; 10; Multimodal investigation of technology-aided human practice in business operations; D. M. Eriksson --; 11; An aspectual understanding of the human use of information technology; A. Basden --; 12; The idea of a systems ethics; S. Strijbos --; 13; Normative sources of systems thinking : an inquiry into religious ground-motives of systems thinking paradigms; D. M. Eriksson --; 14; Towards a 'disclosive systems thinking'; S. Strijbos --; 15; Reflections on the CPTS model of interdisciplinarity; G. Midgley --; 16; Technology and systems - but what about the humanities?; C. Mitcham
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