Enterprise systems (ES) are intended to tie together the various functions of an organization
through the integration of information flows, data management, organizational processes …

We explore the relationship between ethnomethodology (EM), ethnography and the needs
of managers and designers in industry, considering both ethnomethodological and industrial …

Purpose–During discussions at the ASC 2013 Conference, the authors were stimulated to
consider acting, learning and understanding in the context of organizational change, and in …

Ethnographic workplace studies in design tend to focus on the existing work practices either
to inform the initial design of new information technology (IT) systems or as studies …

This chapter considers some aspects of an ethnomethodologically oriented ethnography
that has been carried out in a medical Emergency Response Centre (ERC) before, during …

What value does 'ethnography'have in the design of organizational and technological
change? We ask this question in light of the fact that ethnography, whatever it might mean or …

Abstract In After Method (2004: 14) John Law poses the question of the relation between a
world made up of definite objects that we haven't yet properly understood and one in which …

In health research and services, and in many other domains, we note the emergence of
large-scale information systems intended for long-term use with multiple users and uses …

1 Since ethnography has been recognized as a proper method for organizational analysis,
many textbooks and articles have acknowledged its characteristics and specificities and …

FAMILIARITY AND 'STRANGER-NESS'customs of certain Western Pacific islanders; race
relations in a Mississippi township; or the influence of the organization and practices of a …