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Facets Of Work: Enriching The Description, Analysis, Design, And Evaluation Of Systems In Organizations, Steven Alter
Facets Of Work: Enriching The Description, Analysis, Design, And Evaluation Of Systems In Organizations, Steven Alter
Business Analytics and Information Systems
This conceptual contribution introduces the idea of “facets of work” and explains how it can be applied to challenges in today’s IS discipline. The notion of facets of work emerged from earlier attempts to bring more knowledge and richer, more evocative ideas to SA&D. Focusing on facets of work during initial discussions of requirements could provide guidance without jumping prematurely to details, precision, and formal notation needed for producing testable software. The introduction explains the paper’s goal and organization. The next section defines facet of work, identifies underlying assumptions and criteria, and explains how 18 facets of work were identified. …
How Facets Of Work Illuminate Sociotechnical Challenges Of Industry 5.0, Steven Alter
How Facets Of Work Illuminate Sociotechnical Challenges Of Industry 5.0, Steven Alter
Business Analytics and Information Systems
This conceptual contribution explains how the idea of “facets of work” can refocus traditional sociotechnical concerns to increase their relevance in increasingly automated and digitalized workplaces far removed from situations studied by early sociotechnical researchers. A background section summarizes how the sociotechnical approach seems pervasive but possibly outdated in some ways. It explains how the idea of “facets of work” emerged from attempting to bring richer, more evocative ide-as to systems analysis and design. Focusing on facets of work during initial discussions of requirements could provide guidance without jumping prematurely to precision and notation needed for producing technical artifacts. Tables …
Applying Facets Of Work As A Source Of Knowledge And Insight For Requirements Determination, Steven Alter
Applying Facets Of Work As A Source Of Knowledge And Insight For Requirements Determination, Steven Alter
Business Analytics and Information Systems
This conceptual contribution explains how the idea of “facets of work” can bring more knowledge and richer, more evocative ideas to the development of system requirements in organizational settings. Focusing on facets of work potentially provides useful guidance without requiring unnecessary details, precision, and notation. A background section summarizes how the current research emerged from partial overlaps between separate research efforts. Table 1 identifies 18 facets of work. Five other tables look at a subset of the facets to illustrate concepts associated with specific facets, common success factors and tradeoffs, sub-facets and other topics. Use of the same subset of …