Search for dissertations about: "socio-technical paradigm"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words socio-technical paradigm.

  2. 1. A Framework for Adaptive Information Security Systems : A Holistic Investigation

    Author : Jeffy Mwakalinga; Louise Yngström; Stewart Kowalski; Helena Armstrong; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Security; framework for adaptive security systems; socio-technical; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : This research proposes a framework for adaptive information security systems that considers both the technical and social aspects of information systems security. Initial development of information systems security focused on computer technology and communication protocols. READ MORE

  4. 2. Actors in Collaboration: Sociotechnical Influence on Practice-Research Collaboration

    Author : Marisa Ponti; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Actor-Network Theory; Collaborative Work; Information Science; Practice-Research Gap; Socio-technical Paradigm; Virtual Organization; actor-network theory;

    Abstract : There has long been a concern about the research-practice gap within Library and Information Science (LIS). Several authors have highlighted the disconnection between the world of professional practice, interested in service and information system development, and the world of the academy, focused on the development of theory and the progress of the discipline. READ MORE

  5. 3. Water for a few : a history of urban water and sanitation in East Africa

    Author : David Nilsson; Arne Kaijser; Gunilla Andrae; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; urban water; urban sanitation; urban history; development studies; African history; environmental history; large technical systems; socio-technical systems; institutional change; public service; History of technology; Teknikhistoria;

    Abstract : This licentiate thesis describes and analyses the modern history of the socio-technical systems for urban water supply and sanitation in East Africa with focus on Uganda and Kenya. The key objective of the thesis is to evaluate to what extent the historic processes frame and influence the water and sanitation services sectors in these countries today. READ MORE

  6. 4. Migrations to Microservices-Based Architectures - a Tale of Technical and Organizational Change

    Author : Hamdy Michael Ayas; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Microservices migrations; Grounded Theory; Agile; StackOverflow Mining; microservices; Software Architecture;

    Abstract : As software systems evolve and scale faster than the foundations on which they are structured on, software architecture migrations to modern, cutting edge paradigms of development are becoming common. An example of such a paradigm is Microservices-based Architectures (MSAs). READ MORE

  7. 5. Evaluating transformative innovation policy: towards an integrated framework

    Author : Carolina Resende Haddad; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; policy evaluation; transformative innovation policy; directionality; behavioural additionality;

    Abstract : Past reviews show that the current practice of science, technology, and innovation policy evaluation lags behind the development of innovation theory. The emergence of the transformative innovation policy paradigm, which aims at addressing transformative change or ‘grand challenges’, implies new challenges for policy evaluation. READ MORE