Search for dissertations about: "contextual inquiry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words contextual inquiry.

2. 1. Complex methods of inquiry: structuring uncertainty

   Author : PETER BEDNAR; Institutionen för informatik; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information system; Contextual Analysis; Contextual Dependencies; Systems Approaches; Systems Thinking; Organizational change; Complex adaptive systems; Uncertainty management; Organizational Emergence; Change Management; Organizational Learning; Human Activity Systems;

   Abstract : Organizational problem spaces can be viewed as complex, uncertain and ambiguous. They can also be understood as open problem spaces. As such, any engagement with them, and any effort to intervene in order to pursue desirable change, cannot be assumed to be just a matter of ‘complicatedness’. READ MORE

4. 2. It takes two to tango : an inquiry into healthcare professional education environments

   Author : Per J Palmgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Investigations into healthcare professional education environments have been increasingly acknowledged and it is widely recognized that the environment is an important determinant of educational outcomes and educational stakeholders’ behavior and sense of well-being. However, the phenomenon of the educational environment constitutes a somewhat vague construct with a multitude of connotations, and exploring the environment can be intricate because of the various settings in healthcare professional education. READ MORE

5. 3. Neural networks in context: challenges and opportunities : a critical inquiry into prerequisites for user trust in decisions promoted by neural networks

   Author : Lars Holmberg; Paul Davidsson; Per Linde; Carl Magnus Olsson; Maria Riveiro; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Explainable AI; Machine Learning; Neural Network; Concept; Generalisation; Out-of-Distribution; Förklaringsbar AI; Maskininlärning; Neurala Nätverk; Koncept; Generalisering; Utanför-distributionen;

   Abstract : Artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) in particular increasingly impact human life by creating value from collected data. This assetisation affects all aspectsof human life, from choosing a significant other to recommending a product for us to consume. READ MORE

6. 4. In/visible - Conceptualizing Service Ecosystem Design

   Author : Josina Vink; Bård Tronvoll; Bo Edvardsson; Katarina Wetter-Edman; Birgit Mager; Raymond P. Fisk; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; service design; service research; service ecosystems; social structures; systemic design; institutional theory; service-dominant logic; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis explores and advances the evolving understanding of service design in service research. The study problematizes the prevailing view of service design as the design of service offerings to improve customer experiences. READ MORE

7. 5. A Sight/Site for Transparency or Opacity? Notes on Knowledge Production and Feminist Technoscience

   Author : Rebecka Molin; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; epistemology; knowledge production; feminist technoscience; situated knowledges; Mode 2; meaninglessness; transparency; opacity; function; representation;

   Abstract : The objective for my research has been to put forward and discuss some aspects of knowledge production in relation to the epistemological positions of feminist technoscience, which lay emphasis on the contextual and the social embeddedness of both research and technology. My main inquiry has been how the relation between the subject and the surrounding context can be perceived epistemologically and how this in turn can be connected to and found relevant to the supposed new mode of knowledge production termed Mode 2. READ MORE