How to Model People Work Practices from Ontological Transactions

António Gonçalves (), Marielba Zacarias () and Pedro Sousa ()
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António Gonçalves: University of Algarve, Postal: Informatics Department, School of Technology of Setúbal, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal, http://www.si.ips.pt/ests_si/web_page.inicial
Marielba Zacarias: University of Algarve, Postal: Cieo- Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal, http://www.cieo.pt/
Pedro Sousa: University of Algarve, Postal: Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, http://www.ist.utl.pt/en/

Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, 2013, vol. 1, issue 1, 46-65

Abstract: This paper proposes a model to represent people´s work from ontological business transactions according to the concepts of Activity Theory and Enterprise Ontology. With this model we aim at providing a comprehensive and structured modelling approach that, at the same time, avoids excessively detailed descriptions of technology-supported activities. The proposed model is complemented with a set of rules that enables the interrelating transactions described with the Enterprise Ontology language and task descriptions based on Activity Theory. An important benefit of this model is enabling the analysis of manifested contradictions to identify the aspects needing changes within organizational activity systems. The proposed model and rules were applied in a study case.

Keywords: Activity Theory; Enterprise Ontology; Organizational Modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 O31 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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