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Objects@Work — An Activity Theoretical Framework for OO Modelling of Computer Mediated Cooperative Activities

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The roles of computer systems in modern organisations are addressed in this paper, and three modelling metaphors are proposed in order to address human activities that are mediated by computer systems: Physical modelling to address production (how people orient in and change the world they live and work in), theatrical performances (how the work is divided in the work community), and flow (how people interact and communicate). Several metaphors may be combined in order to address the activity as a whole.

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, PO Box 1080, Blindern, N-0316, Oslo, Norway

    Ole Smørdal

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  1. School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London, UK

    Dilip Patel  & Shushma Patel  & 

  2. School of Computing, London Guildhall University, 100 Minories, London, UK

    Islam Choudhury

  3. Department of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge, London, UK

    Sergio de Cesare

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Smørdal, O. (2001). Objects@Work — An Activity Theoretical Framework for OO Modelling of Computer Mediated Cooperative Activities. In: Patel, D., Choudhury, I., Patel, S., de Cesare, S. (eds) OOIS 2000. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0299-1_13

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