Understanding Iconography: a method to allow rich picture interpretation to improve
Thesis
Berg, T. (2013)
Understanding Iconography: a method to allow rich picture interpretation to improve. (Thesis). Heriot-Watt University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7207
Information Systems for complex situations often fail to adequately deliver quality and suitability. One reason for this failure is an inability to identify comprehensive user...
IS Degrees: Sociotechnical or Technosocial? - A Reflective Analysis.
Conference Proceeding
Coady, J., Berg, T., & Pooley, R. (2013)
IS Degrees: Sociotechnical or Technosocial? - A Reflective Analysis. In H. Linger, J. Fisher, A. Barnden, C. Barry, M. Lang, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Building Sustainable Information Systems: Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Information Systems Development, 219-231. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7540-8_17
This paper describes a reflective and empirical investigation by staff involved in delivery of the Heriot-Watt University Information Systems undergraduate degree. It looks pa...
Rich Pictures: collaborative communication through icons
Journal Article
Berg, T., & Pooley, R. (2013)
Rich Pictures: collaborative communication through icons. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 26, 361-376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-012-9238-8
A visual language of pictures, such as the rich picture used in the Soft System Methodology, offers a way of global communication that far exceeds the limitations of text and ...
Rich Pictures: A valuable means to explore complex IS issues
Journal Article
Berg, T., & Pooley, R. (2012)
Rich Pictures: A valuable means to explore complex IS issues. Journal of Systemic Practice and Action Research,
This paper discusses the value and interpretive risks when using iconography for system understanding using the rich picture tool. It is suggested that a visual language of pi...
Rich Pictures: understanding complexity through icons.
Presentation / Conference
Berg, T. (2012, September)
Rich Pictures: understanding complexity through icons. Presented at Operational Research (OR54) conference
Rich pictures are a powerful tool for understanding complexity. The rich picture is not only a tool to aid discussion and debate about problem situations. We claim that under...
Achieving Consensus within SSM.
Journal Article
Berg, T., Pooley, R., & Queenan, J. (2011)
Achieving Consensus within SSM. International journal of humanities and social science, 1, 231-239
SSM is a socio-technical system methodology offering tools for analysing complex situations. This modelling
approach identifies differing worldviews of the system by encouragi...
Considering Rich Pictures
Conference Proceeding
Berg, T. (2010)
Considering Rich Pictures. Manuscript submitted for publication
A structured evolution of the rich picture.
Presentation / Conference
Berg, T. (2010, January)
A structured evolution of the rich picture. Presented at Operational Research Conference (YOR52