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Classifying Approaches to Object Oriented Analysis of Work with Activity Theory

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There is a need to use object orientation to analyse work practices. This should be done based on a social theory on how computers mediate the work arrangement. This paper presents a conceptual framework based on activity theory in which two main schools of object oriented modelling are explained. Thus, several object oriented analysis approaches may be combined and contribute to more powerful representational forms.

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway

    Ole Smørdal

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  1. School of Information Technology, University of Queensland, Q4072, Brisbane, Australia

    Maria E. Orlowska

  2. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Roberto Zicari

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Smørdal, O. (1998). Classifying Approaches to Object Oriented Analysis of Work with Activity Theory. In: Orlowska, M.E., Zicari, R. (eds) OOIS’97. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1525-0_22

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