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John C. Thomas
Researcher at IBM
Publications - 9
Citations - 812
John C. Thomas is an academic researcher from IBM. The author has contributed to research in topics: Human intelligence & Game programming. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 9 publications receiving 793 citations.
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The knowledge management puzzle: human and social factors in knowledge management
TL;DR: It is argued that it is essential for those designing knowledge management systems to consider the human and social factors at play in the production and use of knowledge.
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The psychological study of design
John C. Thomas,John M. Carroll +1 more
TL;DR: Conclusions about the utility of various methodologies for studying design, steps towards a theory of design, and suggestions for aids to the design process with particular emphasis software design conclude the paper.
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Minimizing ecological gaps in interface design
John C. Thomas,Wendy A. Kellogg +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explore what they call an ecological gap between what is observed during interface evaluation in a laboratory and what happens when the interface is used in the real world.
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Human factors in communication
John C. Thomas,John M. Carroll +1 more
TL;DR: The design framework is then applied to examinations of how people name and refer to entities, how people understand and express relations (quantifiers and other predicates) between entities,How more complex communications are created, and how preprinted forms reflect previous knowledge.
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Story-based organizational assessment and effect system
Sharon Michelle Darwent,Fiona Incledon,Neal M. Keller,Cynthia Kurtz,David John Snowden,John C. Thomas +5 more
TL;DR: The authors describe a system and method which makes use of "narrative patterns" to assess and affect the state of affairs within and among given organizations and communities with respect to given issues or objectives.