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The University of SydneyPage 36Example #1–A psychiatric hospital implemented a computer basedsystem to control time allocated and used by nurses for therapy sessions as a part of the IS program.–Originally designed to automate duty schedule–It was now possible to see a graphical display of the ‘free’ and ‘busy’ times of each staff–It did not represent the meanings attributed to various tasks and actions–The “speaker” is the nursing supervisor–The “listener” is the nurse–“What is being said” is the task of allocating individual therapy sessions–“What is spoken about” is the patient