The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity, Thomas K. Landauer, <i>Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1995, x + 425 pp. US$27.50 (hbk), ISBN 0 262 1 2186 7</i>

Little, Stephen E.

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The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity, Thomas K. Landauer, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1995, x + 425 pp. US$27.50 (hbk), ISBN 0 262 1 2186 7

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Title: Prometheus

Subtitle: Critical Studies in Innovation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 0810-9028

ISSN (Electronic): 1470-1030

Publication date (Print): December 1997

Volume: 15

Issue: 3

Pages: 433-436

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P. Attewell & J. Rule, ‘Computing and organizations: what we know and what we don't know’, Communications of the ACM, 27, 12, 1984, pp. 1184–1191.
T. Nielsen & T. Landauer, ‘A mathematical model of the finding of useability problems’, in INTERCHI'93, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computers in Computer Systems, ACM, Amsterdam, 24–29 April, 1993.
N. Rosenberg, Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982.
D. Buchanan & D. Boddy, Organizations in the Computer Age: Technological Imperatives and Strategic Choice, Gower, Aldershot, 1983.
S.E. Little & C.S. Sauer, ‘Organisational and institutional obstacles to a problem-based programme in informatics’, in D. Boud & G.I. Feletti (eds), The Challenge of Problem-based Learning, 2nd edn, Kogan Page, London, 1997.
L. Suchman, Plans and Situated Action, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986.
S. Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine, Basic Books, New York, 1987.
P.W. Yetton, K.D. Johnston & J.F. Craig, ‘Computer-aided architects: a case study of IT and strategic change’, Sloan Management Review, Summer, 1994, pp. 57–67.
B. A. Nardi, Context and Consciousness: Activity Theory and Human-Computer Interaction, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996.

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[1] P. Attewell & J. Rule, ‘Computing and organizations: what we know and what we don't know’, Communications of the ACM, 27, 12, 1984, pp. 1184–1191.

[2] T. Nielsen & T. Landauer, ‘A mathematical model of the finding of useability problems’, in INTERCHI'93, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computers in Computer Systems, ACM, Amsterdam, 24–29 April, 1993.

[3] N. Rosenberg, Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982.

[4] D. Buchanan & D. Boddy, Organizations in the Computer Age: Technological Imperatives and Strategic Choice, Gower, Aldershot, 1983.

[5] S.E. Little & C.S. Sauer, ‘Organisational and institutional obstacles to a problem-based programme in informatics’, in D. Boud & G.I. Feletti (eds), The Challenge of Problem-based Learning, 2nd edn, Kogan Page, London, 1997.

[6] L. Suchman, Plans and Situated Action, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986.

[7] S. Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine, Basic Books, New York, 1987.

[8] P.W. Yetton, K.D. Johnston & J.F. Craig, ‘Computer-aided architects: a case study of IT and strategic change’, Sloan Management Review, Summer, 1994, pp. 57–67.

[9] B. A. Nardi, Context and Consciousness: Activity Theory and Human-Computer Interaction, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996.