Investigating institutional structures: a role-based design game as a source of innovations

Author

Torvinen, Vesa

Author_Institution

Turku Centre for Comput. Sci., Finland

Volume

6

fYear

1998

fDate

6-9 Jan 1998

Firstpage

416

Abstract

Information system development (ISD) methodologies are generally lacking in serious attention to human activity. They focus more on implementation of a software product than on the development of the activity itself. In this paper the theoretical foundations for a new developmental method, a design game, are introduced. The approach is based on a research tradition which has been focusing on the representation and evaluation of ISs in use. The game will integrate the representation and analysis of existing division of labour into the reconstruction of it. Furthermore, the division of labour which is realised at the level of society can also be realised at the surface

Keywords

business data processing; human factors; information systems; software engineering; division of labour; human activity; information system development methodologies; innovation; institutional structures; research; role-based design game; society; software product implementation; Communication industry; Computer science; Concrete; Convergence; Demand forecasting; Design methodology; Economic forecasting; Embedded computing; Game theory; Humans; Identity-based encryption; Industrial economics; Information systems; Organizational aspects; Pricing; Production; Protection; Read only memory; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1998., Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kohala Coast, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8255-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1998.654801

Filename

654801