A model for rethinking the current vocabulary of design

Abstract

In this chapter we consider the meta-models that are applied to the design of organizations and information systems, and especially the implicit assumption about organization and information that are at the core of these models. We explore these assumptions and suggest that they share common dimensions which can be used to structure the current discourse on design and design processes.

Citation

Jansen, W. and van den Nieuwenhof, R. (2007), "A model for rethinking the current vocabulary of design", Avital, M., Boland, R.J. and Cooperrider, D.L. (Ed.) Designing Information and Organizations with a Positive Lens (Advances in Appreciative Inquiry, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 167-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1475-9152(07)00209-8