... particular individual (group of) user(s)-in which development work is conducted. That is to say, research has assumed that user-oriented development practices involve a rather unproblematised, albeit very complex, model of "systems use." "Non-use" 139 140 BENTE ELKJr43 ET AL. is the basic problem in most of this research (Lyytinen & Hirschheim, 1987); and often the developer is portrayed as potentially able to overcome shortcomings in the technical and human domain of systems development through the application of better design methodology (Checkland, 1981, Mumford, 1983). In contrast, we understand the developer as an agent who corzstruccs the reality of organisation(s) as he communicates expertise about how systems are (to be) developed (Hines, 1988). In this paper, our particular concern is with the knowledge or world view(s) of systems developers as an agency of social and organisational reproduction and change. In particular, we are interested in the bodies of knowledge constructed and cornmodified by systems developers to convey and sustain an image of "professionalism" and "expertise." ...

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