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Using design as boundary spanner object in climate change mitigation projects

Australasian Journal of Information Systems | 2010

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DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v16i2.590

Journal: Australasian Journal of Information Systems

Year: 2010

Publisher: Deakin University, School of Information Systems

Document Type: Article

Open Access: All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access

Cited by: 2

Abstract

Climate change is a growing concern for society and the focus of numerous research initiatives across multiple fields of science. These initiatives often need to capitalize on the cross-specialized knowledge contributed by researchers from very different fields. The diversity of worldviews among key stakeholders requires an effective overall design strategy acting as a boundary spanner object. This study presents an account of the issues faced by a multidisciplinary research project and discusses the suitability of a design approach to help address issues such as equality, empowerment, autonomy, creativity, performance, reduction of innovation cycle times and also provide for the necessary balance between control, speediness and flexibility.