Title

Discomap: A System To Support Distributed Cognition In Inquiring Organizations

Keywords

Communicative action; Decision support systems; Distributed cognition; Inquiring systems; Knowledge management; Organizational learning; Visualization

Abstract

Inquiring systems theory (Churchman, 1971), cognitive mapping (Lee, et al., 1992) and hermeneutics (Boland, et al., 1994) have provided the basis for systems to support organizational learning, distributed cognition, and knowledge management. Boland, et al. (1994) describe three entities in such systems and six principles for their design. Richardson (2005) argues that communication is neglected element in these systems and integrates Habermas's (1984, 1985) theory of communicative action, specifically discursive action, to develop revised design principles. This paper describes DISCOMAP, a system that instantiates and tests the revised design principles using discussion forums and The Planners Laboratory©, a new software package that provides advanced modeling, graphical and network capabilities to provide shareable models with engaging visual interfaces for decision makers.

Publication Date

12-1-2005

Publication Title

Association for Information Systems - 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2005: A Conference on a Human Scale

Volume

2

Number of Pages

620-625

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

84869750794 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84869750794

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