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The transcript of the taped discussion at the end of Chapter 1 reveals an unforeseen consequence of the computerization of the County Agricultural Boards. It was the office staff, and not the forest rangers, who manned the terminals.
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NORDENSTAM, Tore Sudanese Ethics Almquist and Wiksell, 1975.
GÖRANZON, Bo (Ed.) Ideologi och systemutveckling (A contribution to the discussion on science, technology and society.) Studentlitteratur, 1978b, p. 139.
There is a description of the study of computerizing the work of forest rangers in GÖRANZON, Bo Studier av arbetsorganization och datasystemutveckling. Kunskapsuppbyggnad vid systemutveckling genom standardiserade samtal och tvärkontaktmöten i en fallstudie (The structuring of knowledge in systems development by means of standardized interviews and occupational group meetings in a case study) PAAS, Report No. 3, IndEkoOrg, KTH. 1977a.
DANIELSSON, Albert Företagsekonomi — en översikt Studentlitteratur, 1975.
ANDERSSON, John (dissertation) Industriföretagets produktionsstyrning Ind Eko Org, The Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1974, is influenced by Danielsson’s sedimentation principle. John Andersson identifies three phases in systems development in production management in an industrial company: ‘the investigation’ (commonly called ’systems analysis’), ’synthesis’ (’systems design’) and change (’implementation’). These phases are not separable in time. The process of change starts at the time people in an organization know that a new system is to be installed. This has an effect on the existing system, which means that the subject to be analyzed changes in the course of the investigation process, particularly in terms of employees’ attitudes and expectations.
See SVENSSON, Per Systemutvecklingsprocessen for en datorbaserad modell for ekonomisk kalkylering av skog published in GÖRANZON, Bo 1978, p. 130.
A seminar at IndEkoOrg., Stockholm Institute of Technology, 1975–09–29 with the head of the structural department at the National Board of Agriculture, on the theme of The development of forest valuation methodology unpublished transcript of a tape recording, p. 5.
Taped interviews with the head of the structure department: 1975–03–07 and 1975–03–15, and unpublished notes.
FORSBERG, Gun-Marie Operatörsrollen for en datorbaserad modell for skogsvärdering published in GÖRANZON, Bo, 1978a, p. 147.
GÖRANZON, Bo Arbetsorganization och datasystemutveckling. Kunskapsuppbyggnad genom facklig förankring av en fallstudie, PAAS, Rapport nr. 5, IndEkOrg KTH, 1977, p. 28.
Professions which act as a filter in information transfer- so-called intermittent people - secretaries, consultants, etc. - are on the increase in society. The growth of intermittent functions as a new professional group is, according to the English telecommunications expert, Colin Cherry, a probable development when new technology is introduced in working life. The relevance of Colin Cherry’s interpretation is verified in the computerization of forest valuation (see GORANZON, Bo, 1973, p. 1 ).
Taped interview with Lennart Kallstenius 1975–03–07, 1975–03–1 and unpublished notes.
SVENSSON, Per Tjänstemannaansvar (The Responsibilities of a Civil Servant) unpublished manuscript, 1976–10–10, p. 5.
SVENSSON, Per Om expertsystem – att veta eller att mäta 1987–12–14, unpublished manuscript.
See the standardized interviews with the forest rangers in Göranzon 1977a, p. 38.
SVENSSON, Per: Tjänstemannaansvar (The Responsibilities of a Civil Servant) unpublished manuscript, 1976–10–10, p. 6.
The average age of the forest rangers was 44, and the average length of service was 15 years. The following division by type of work was noted: Forest valuations: 40% Purchase and sales: 20% Land purchase: 30% Other: 10% Computerization released an extra 12 hours a week to be spent on land acquisition and purchasing and selling (Göranzon, 1977).
This term is taken from Sjöberg, Alf Brecht’s ‘Galilei’, No. 42 Dramaten, 1974/75.
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Göranzon, B. (1993). The Computerization of a Work Process: A Case Study of the Long-term Effects on Professional Skills. In: The Practical Intellect. Artificial Intelligence and Society. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3868-6_2
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