Action research project in the (internal) educational department
of a large multinational medical company employing in total 9000
people. The department had sixteen full-time employees, of which
six were "consultants" (academics), five teachers, three secretaries
and two trai-nees, and a large number of part-time teachers for
specific courses. The project was carried out by four researchers
working closely with two consultants and a secretary. The project
was set up to clarify if and how the employees could benefit from
more cooperation and from using computers more extensively. Also
they wanted to evaluate our approach for its applicability for
them working as consultants in the company. The research goal
was to develop and test our approach in a setting characterized
by mutual change in relation to computer systems, work organization,
and development of qualifications.
Bødker, Keld and Lars Bogetoft Pedersen: "Forundersøgelsesrapport. Ledelse i forhold til udvikling og anvendelse af moderne edb-teknologi i EDUCATION", (in Danish), [Design report: Management in Relation to Development and Use of Modern Computer Systems in EDUCATION], Roskilde University, MUST Arbejdspapir No. 4, Roskilde, Denmark, 1992.