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There is a need to use object orientation to analyse work practices. This should be done based on a social theory on how computers mediate the work arrangement. This paper presents a conceptual framework based on activity theory in which two main schools of object oriented modelling are explained. Thus, several object oriented analysis approaches may be combined and contribute to more powerful representational forms.
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Smørdal, O. (1998). Classifying Approaches to Object Oriented Analysis of Work with Activity Theory. In: Orlowska, M.E., Zicari, R. (eds) OOIS’97. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1525-0_22
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