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Joint Cognitive Systems
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Joint Cognitive Systems

by Erik Hollnagel, David D. Woods
February 2005
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
8h 5m
English
CRC Press
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Evolution of Work 45
Disjoint and Joint Systems
Earlier in this chapter the concepts of the embodiment and hermeneutic
relations were introduced as a way of distinguishing between different types
of amplification. The principle of the Law of Requisite Variety provides a
supplementary perspective on these relations, which can help to understand
the global picture.
• The hermeneutic relation characterises a situation where the artefact
serves as an interpreter for the operator and effectively takes care of all
communication between the operator and the process. In this role the
artefact must be considered as part of the process rather than of the
operator. The operator now has to cope with the
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ISBN: 9781420038194