Getting to Know the 'Customer in the Machine'

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dc.contributor.authorHughes, John
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Jon
dc.contributor.authorRandall, Dave
dc.contributor.authorRodden, Tom
dc.contributor.authorRouncefield, Mark
dc.contributor.authorTolmie, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-08T11:41:48Z
dc.date.available2023-06-08T11:41:48Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractThis paper reflects on the emerging results of a long-standing ethnographic study of everyday work in a large retail Bank. While customers as economic actors have often been overlooked in studies of computer supported work they are generally and necessarily the focus of commercial organisational life. The paper explicates the developing relationship between technology use and these organisational concerns through the notion of 'the customer in the machine.' Features of the contingent and skilful nature of everyday work are documented and used to comment on aspects of working with the 'customer in the machine' or 'virtual customers' within a rapidly changing commercial organisation.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/320297.320301
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4761
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 1999 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
dc.subjectethnography
dc.subjectcomputer supported cooperative work
dc.subjectretail financial services
dc.subjectcustomers
dc.titleGetting to Know the 'Customer in the Machine'en
gi.citation.publisherPlaceNew York, NY, USA
gi.citation.startPage30–39
gi.conference.locationPhoenix, Arizona, USA

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