Category: CSCW
Commentary2: Republished in revised form in Greif, 1988
Abstract: New computer tools are affecting the ways in which
        work is accomplished and, in turn, existing patterns
        of social interaction are shaping the evolution of
        these highly malleable tools. This paper explores
        the interplay between a computer-based design
        environment employed in the creation of machine
        interfaces and the "users" of this tool, including
        the user interface designers and the software
        engineers supporting the technology. The use of this
        has resulted in the restructuring of the social
        organization of the design tasks. An ethnographic
        study of a computer-based design environment called
        Trillium is used as an example.
Bibtype: InProceedings
Booktitle: Proceedings of the Conference on
        Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '86)
Author: J. Blomberg
Pages: 35-42
Month: December 3-5
Title: The variable impact of computer technologies on the
        organization of work activities
Note: organizational concerns, software design,
        participatory design
Year: 1986
Address: Austin, Texas
Publisher: ACM Press