Luennot 24 h, pakollinen harjoitusty . Tiedot on koottava omaan erilliseen tietokantaansa. Tools and techniques intended to support collaboration within and between groups are presented. Both local and distant, synchronous and asynchronous forms of collaboration are included. Socio-technical approaches regard the organization as a combination of social and technical systems, which have to be designed jointly to fit smoothly to each other.
Special attention is paid to the handling of disturbances and exceptions.
The solution very often is based on the use of autonomous groups. In both subcourses methodologies for design, implementation and use of information technology are presented. Each subcourse includes lectures, together 56 h, examination and excercises. Readings based on a set of articles and excerpts. The issue is what the concept really means and how it is approached.