Political bases for the designing of an information system
Résumé
Computerization projects are priviledged opportunities for involving actors and for rethinking the definition of individual and collective work. However, many projects have triggered off more resistance than creative adhesion. Designing of an information system, in particular its modelling, is not the transposition, in the form of a technical solution , of an objectively perceived reality, but rather that it is based on a cognitive relationship of the designer with his environment. The designer is guided by an intention, eiteher technical or social. hi most cases the design takes into account in an unbalanced way the two aspects of a firm, wich is both a production system and a political space. In order to further the taking into account of the political dimension, we shall propose some principles for information system development, inspired by the political philosophy, which are likely to create a dynamics of involvement.
Nous allons d'abord montrer que la conception d'un système d'information, et en particulier la modélisation, n'est pas la transposition, sous forme de solution technique, d'un réalité objectivement perçue, mais qu'elle repose sur une relation cognitive du concepteur avec son environnement. La conception est un processus cognitif, où concepteur est guidé par une intention. Les catégories d'intention qui orientent la production de connaissances correspondent aux deux dimensions de l'entreprise, outil de production et espace politique. Cela nous incite à introduire des principes issus de la philosophie politique pour guider processus et choix de conception de système d'information.