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Designing organizational interfaces

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CHI '85: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/317456.317469

Published: 01 April 1985 Publication History

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This paper argues that it will become increasingly important to extend our concept of user interfaces for individual users of computers to include organizational interfaces for groups of users. A number of suggestions are given for how to develop a theoretical base for designing such interfaces. For instance, examples are used to illustrate how traditional cognitive points of view can be extended to include information processing by multiple agents in organizations. Examples of design implications from other perspectives such as motivational, economic, and political are also included.

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Designing organizational interfaces
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CHI '85: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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DOI:10.1145/317456

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