Putting Activity Theory to Work

Yrjö Engeström; Joachim Lompscher; Georg Rückriem

doi:10.58662/9783865418722

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Copyright year: 2016
ISBN-Print: 978-3-86541-070-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-86541-872-2
Publisher: Lehmanns, Berlin
Language: English
Pages: 648
Product type: Edited Book

1. Title No access
2. CONTENTS No access
3. FOREWORD No access
4. 1. AN INTRODUCTION No access
  2. REFERENCES No access
1. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. COGNITIVE APPROACHES No access
  3. PHENOMENOGRAPHIC APPROACH No access
  4. SITUATED APPROACHES No access
  5. ACTIVITY THEORY No access
  6. COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES No access
  7. CONCLUSIONS No access
  8. REFERENCES No access
2. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. INTRODUCTION No access
  3. INSTRUMENTALITY No access
  4. SENSE MAKING AS A MEDIATED ACTIVITY No access
  5. POLYPHONY IN MEDICAL ENCOUNTERS No access
  6. VOICE ANALYSIS No access
  7. OVERVIEW OF THE VOICES No access
  8. 1. LAY BELIEF VS. EVERYDAY LANGUAGE No access
    2. BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL VS. PATIENT-CENTERED APPROACH No access
  9. SUMMING UP No access
  10. CONCLUSIONS No access
  11. REFERENCES No access
3. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. IMPOSSIBLE CONNECTIONS? No access
  3. ILYENKOV: THE PHILOSOPHER OF ‘THE IDEAL’ No access
  4. REFLECTION THROUGH LABOUR? No access
  5. A FORM OF EXISTENCE (THE CASE OF VALUE FORM)? No access
  6. A FORM OF ACTIVITY No access
  7. A POTENTIAL SPACE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS No access
  8. FOUCAULT: THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE ‘TRUTH-POWER’ No access
  9. A NOMAD, ESCAPING ALL DEFINITIONS? No access
  10. DISCOURSES AS ACTIVITY ON PLANE OF THE IDEAL No access
  11. POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS? No access
  12. REFERENCES No access
4. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 1. 1.1. BEYOND THEORY: WORK VERSUS WORKER No access
    2. 1.2. BEYOND THE METHODS: RESEARCH VERSUS INTERVENTION No access
  3. 2. ACTIVITY THEORY AS A BASIS FOR METHODOLOGY No access
  4. 1. 3.1 THE RESEARCH SITE AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE CONTEXT No access
    2. 3.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND DATA COLLECTION FOR THE LOCAL CHANGE SITUATIONS No access
  5. 1. 4.1 IMPOSSIBILITIES RELATED TO CHANGE IN THE FRAMEWORKOF THE ACTIVITY SYSTEM No access
    2. BANKING; BRANCH OFFICE WORK No access
    3. 4.2. IMPOSSIBILITIES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CHANGE CYCLE IN BANKING No access
  6. 5. CONCLUSION No access
  7. REFERENCES No access
5. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 5.1. INTRODUCTION No access
  3. 5.2. STUDYING SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE: THE CONCEPT OF EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM REDEFINED No access
  4. 1. COLLABORATION NETWORKS IN STUDYING AND USING WILD POTATO’S INHERENT VIRUS RESISTANCE No access
    2. DISCONTINUATION OF COLLABORATION WITH THE JONES GROUP: OBJECT CONSTRUCTION AT STAKE No access
    3. NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LAPITAN GROUP: RESEARCH TECHNIQUES BECAME OBJECTS OF STUDY No access
    4. COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE PEHU GROUP AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE: CONSTRUCTION OF OBJECTS FAILS BUT NEW BENEFITS EMERGE No access
  5. 1. THE PEHU GROUP ADOPTS AND CONSTRUCTS NEW TOOLS, METHODS, AND KNOW-HOW THAT FORM THE BASIS FOR THE VIRAL-GENE SYSTEM No access
    2. UNPUBLISHED RESULTS OF THE ZAITLIN GROUP PROMPT CREATION OF TRANSGENIC VIRUS-RESISTANT POTATO BY USING EMERGENT VIRAL-GENE SYSTEM No access
  6. 5.5 CONCLUSIONS No access
  7. REFERENCES No access
6. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 1. INTRODUCTION No access
  3. 2. ACTIVITY THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE FOR STUDYING DESIGN PROCESSES No access
  4. 1. 3.1. THE LOCAL DESIGN PROCESS OF THE PDMS No access
    2. 3.2 THE ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL LINEAGE: A GRAVEYARD OF ABANDONED TECHNOLOGY No access
    3. 3.3. THE SOCIETAL DOMAIN OF DIABETES CARE No access
  5. 4. FROM HISTORICAL ANALYSIS TOWARDS FUTURE ACTION No access
  6. 5. LAUNCHING INSTRUMENT-ORIENTED AND HISTORICALLY INFORMED ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE USE OF THE PDMS No access
  7. 6. THE CHALLENGE OF RESEARCHER-DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS No access
  8. 7. CONCLUSIONS No access
  9. REFERENCES No access
7. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 7.1. INTRODUCTION No access
  3. 7.2. ROLE-PLAYING AS A METHOD OF INQUIRY No access
  4. DATA AND PARTICIPANTS No access
  5. 7.3. THE CONCEPTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL WORK RESEARCH IN ANALYZING THE STORIES No access
  6. 1. 7.4.1. COMMUNITY No access
    2. 7.4.2. RULES No access
    3. 7.4.3. DIVISION OF LABOR No access
    4. 7.4.4. SUMMARY No access
  7. 5. CONCLUSIONS No access
  8. REFERENCES No access
8. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. INTRODUCTION No access
  3. THE OBJECT AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE-ENTERPRISE STUDIES No access
  4. PHASES AND WORK FORMS OF THE ALTERNATIVE-ENTERPRISE PROJECT No access
  5. THE BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE ALTERNATIVE ENTERPRISE RAUMATRACK AS AN OUT- LINE FOR THE ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENTOF THE PARTNER FIRM No access
  6. CONCLUSIONS No access
  7. REFERENCES No access
1. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. INTRODUCTION No access
  3. ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING AND PLANNING PROCESSES OF THE TWO TEAMS No access
  4. HOW TO ANALYZE THE NETWORK CONTACTS OF TEACHER TEAMS – METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY No access
  5. 1. 1. THE INTERVIEW DATA No access
    2. 2. THE TEAM MEETING DATA No access
    3. 3. THE SHADOWING DATA DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURRICULUM UNITS No access
  6. INTERPRETATION OF THE FINDINGS: THE 1993 AND THE 1994 TEAMS AS NETWORK BUILDERS No access
  7. REFERENCES No access
2. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 10.1. INTRODUCTION No access
  3. 1. THE NETWORK OF PROMOTING TRANSFER No access
    2. THE LEARNING STUDIO AS A SCENE FOR BOUNDARY-CROSSING No access
    3. THE LEARNING STUDIO IN THE HIERARCHY OF ACTIVITY No access
    4. ANALYZING INTERACTION IN THE LEARNING STUDIO No access
  4. 1. CASE 1: BOUNDARY OBJECT OFFERED BY A STUDENT TEACHER: A FORM No access
    2. CASE 2: BOUNDARY OBJECT DEVELOPED IN THE DISCUSSION: A CONCEPT No access
  5. 10.4. DISCUSSION No access
  6. REFERENCES No access
3. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 11.1. Introduction No access
  3. 1. THE MEG INNOVATION AND ITS USE IN TRANSITION No access
    2. THE NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF NEUROIMAGING: DATA AND SETTING No access
  4. 11.3. TRANSITION PROCESS AT THE INSTITUTE IN 1997 No access
  5. 11.4. PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE TRANSITIONS GOING ON AT THEINSTITUTE No access
  6. 11.5. SOCIAL-SPATIAL DIMENSION No access
  7. 11.6. ANTICIPATORY-TEMPORAL DIMENSION No access
  8. 11.7. MORAL-IDEOLOGICAL DIMENSION No access
  9. 11.8. SYSTEMIC-DEVELOPMENTAL DIMENSION No access
  10. 11.9. CONCLUSIONS No access
  11. APPENDIX 1 No access
  12. REFERENCES No access
4. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 1. TRADITIONAL STUDIES OF LEGAL DISCOURSE: AN EXAMPLE OF CONVERSATION ANALYSIS No access
    2. THE ACTIVITY SYSTEM AS A CONTEXT No access
  3. 1. A SHIFT FROM MATERIAL TRUTH TOWARDS NEGOTIATED JUSTICE No access
  4. 12.3. CASES AND DATA No access
  5. 1. CASE 1: “IF YOU END UP WITH A SETTLEMENT, WE ALSO WELCOME THAT SOLUTION” No access
    2. CASE 2: “DO THE PARTIES NEED A JUDICIALLY JUSTIFIED DECISION?” No access
    3. CASE 3: “I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW SERIOUSLY SETTLEMENT WAS BEING SOUGHT” No access
  6. 12.5. SETTLEMENTS FROM THE CLIENTS’ VIEWPOINT No access
  7. 12.6. CONTRADICTIONS IN MAKING A SETTLEMENT No access
  8. REFERENCES No access
5. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 1. THE YEARS BEFORE THE FOUNDING OF THE AEROSOL TECHNOLOGY GROUP No access
    2. FROM THE BIRTH OF THE RESEARCH GROUP TO THE PHASE OF GROWTH (1991-1994) No access
    3. CONSTRUCTING THE AEROSOL LABORATORY AND MANAGING THE HETEROGENEOUS RESEARCH PROGRAM (1995-1997) No access
  3. 1. FORMING A RESEARCH GROUP (1988 -1990) No access
    2. GROWTH OF THE RESEARCH GROUP AND FOUNDING A SPIN-OFF FIRM (1991-1994) No access
    3. GROWTH OF THE SPIN-OFF-FIRM (1995-1997) No access
  4. 13.3. COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE RESEARCH GROUPS BEGINNING IN 1992 No access
  5. 1. EXPECTATIONS OF THE VISIT No access
  6. 1. TURNS 3-8 No access
    2. TURNS 9-21 No access
    3. TURNS 22-30 No access
    4. TURNS 31-34 No access
    5. SUMMARY OF THE ANALYSIS No access
  7. 13.6. IMPRESSIONS OF THE GROUP LEADERS AFTER THE VISIT No access
  8. 13.7. CONCLUSIONS No access
  9. REFERENCES No access
6. 1. 14.1. INTRODUCTION No access
  2. 14.2. CONCEPTUALIZING TRUST No access
  3. 14.3. METHODS AND DATA No access
  4. 14.4. OIL-REMOVING PROJECT AS OBJECT OF COLLABORATION No access
  5. 1. DESIGN EPISODE 1: FIRST DESIGN No access
    2. DESIGN EPISODE 2: ENCOUNTERING THE PROBLEMS OF DESIGN No access
    3. DESIGN EPISODE 3: SECOND DESIGN No access
  6. 14.6. CONCLUSION No access
  7. 14.7. REFLECTION: THE BENEFITS OF NETWORKING No access
  8. REFERENCES No access
7. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 15.1. INTRODUCTION No access
  3. 15.2. ACTIVITY THEORY No access
  4. 1. DATA AND METHOD No access
  5. 1. ALANEN: ADMINISTRATION AND SUBSIDIES No access
    2. CUSTOMERS AND DEMAND No access
    3. OTHER FARMERS No access
    4. EXTENSION, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH No access
    5. OTHER LINKS No access
    6. KOLA: ADMINISTRATION No access
    7. CUSTOMERS AND DEMAND No access
    8. OTHER FARMERS No access
    9. EXTENSION, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH No access
    10. OTHER LINKS: ENTERPRISES No access
  6. 1. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION No access
    2. CUSTOMERS AND DEMAND No access
    3. OTHER FARMERS, HIRED LABOR AND ENTERPRISES No access
    4. EXTENSION, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH No access
  7. 15.6. CONCLUSION No access
  8. REFERENCES No access
8. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 16.1 INTRODUCTION No access
  3. 16.2 PROBLEMATIC SYNCHRONISATION No access
  4. 16.3 DATA AND METHODS No access
  5. 16.4 A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING INTERORGANIZATIONAL TIME MANAGEMENT IN TRANSITION No access
  6. 1. THIS IS URGENT FOR US BUT IS IT URGENT FOR YOU? No access
  7. 1. FINDING THE TIME FOR A HOUSE SEARCH No access
    2. WAITING FOR THE TAX-INSPECTION REPORT No access
  8. 16.7 SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS No access
  9. 16.8 CONCLUSIONS No access
  10. REFERENCES No access
9. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 17.1. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS No access
  3. 17.2. DATA No access
  4. 1. INTERVIEW ANSWERS AS EXPLANATORY MODELS No access
    2. THREE DATA SETS AND TWO PHASES OF ANALYSIS No access
    3. PHASE I: ANALYSIS OF THE EXPLANATORY MODELS No access
    4. PHASE II: ANALYSIS OF THE COMBINATIONS, DISTRIBUTION AND HISTORICITY OF THE EXPLANATORY MODELS No access
    5. PHASE III: ANALYSIS OF THE EXTERNALIZATION OF THE DUTIES EM IN THE INTERVIEWS No access
  5. 1. 1. 1. THE DUTIES EM No access
      2. 2. THE DUTIES AND BEING WITH THE RESIDENTS EM No access
      3. 3. THE RESIDENTS’ SITUATION EM No access
      4. 4. RESIDENTS’ SAFETY EM No access
      5. 5. RESIDENTS’ PLACEMENT EM No access
    2. COMBINATIONS OF EXPLANATORY MODELS OF TIREDNESS AND EXHAUSTION IN THE INTERVIEWS No access
    3. EXPLANATORY MODELS OF TIREDNESS AND EXHAUSTION AND HISTORICAL IDEAL TYPES OF ELDERLY CARE No access
    4. INTERVIEW ACCOUNTS EXCLUDED FROM THE EXPLANATORY MODEL ANALYSIS No access
    5. SUMMARY OF THE MAIN FINDINGS OF EXPLANATORY MODELS CONCERNING TIREDNESS AND EXHAUSTION AT WORK No access
  6. 1. INTERVIEW PASSAGES THAT QUESTION THE DUTIES EM No access
    2. EXAMPLES OF THE DEGREE OF EXTERNALIZATION OF THE DUTIES EM IN THE INTERVIEWS No access
    3. NON-REFLECTIVE, NOT QUESTIONING, ACTIVE INTERVIEWER No access
    4. REFLECTIVE, NOT QUESTIONING No access
    5. REFLECTIVE, DEAD END, NOT QUESTIONING No access
    6. BECOMES REFLECTIVE, CAUTIOUSLY QUESTIONS, ANALYSES THE PRACTICE No access
    7. REFLECTS, QUESTIONS, REJECTS, ENDS UP IN A CONTRADICTORY SITUATION No access
    8. REFLECTS, QUESTIONS, REJECT, PRESENTS AN INDIVIDUAL SOLUTION AND ANALYZES HISTORICALLY No access
    9. A CASE OF BECOMING CONSCIOUS OF THE PERFORMING OF THE DUTIES AS A MOTIVE DURING THE INTERVIEW No access
    10. SUMMARY OF THE MAIN FINDINGS CONCERNING THE EXTERNALIZATION OF THE DUTIES EM No access
  7. 1. 1. 1. THE DUTIES EM No access
      2. 2. NICE ELDERLY EM No access
      3. 3. SATISFIED RESIDENTS EM No access
      4. 4. REHABILITATING PERSON EM No access
      5. 5. CLIENT IN THE SYSTEM OF SERVICES EM No access
      6. 6. WORK COMMUNITY EM No access
      7. 7. WAGES AND A JOB EM No access
      8. 8. OWN SELF EM No access
      9. 9. OUTSIDE WORK EM No access
    2. COMBINATIONS OF EXPLANATORY MODELS OF STRENGTH, JOY AND INTEREST AT WORK IN SINGLE INTERVIEWS No access
    3. DISTRIBUTION OF THE EXPLANATORY MODELS OF STRENGTH, JOY AND INTEREST AT WORK ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE GROUPS No access
    4. EXPLANATORY MODELS OF STRENGTH, JOY AND INTEREST AT WORK AND HISTORICAL IDEAL TYPES OF ELDERLY CARE No access
    5. SUMMARY OF THE MAIN FINDINGS CONCERNING EXPLANATORY MODELS OF STRENGTH, JOY AND INTEREST AT WORK No access
  8. 1. A VARIETY OF EMOTIONALLY SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS AND MOTIVES IN NURSING HOME WORK No access
    2. THE VARIETY OF THE EMOTIONALLY SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS AT PRESENT REPRESENTS DIFFERENT HISTORICAL LAYERS OF ACTIVITY No access
    3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONALLY SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS, MOTIVES AND OBJECT-DEPENDENT WELL-BEING No access
    4. WORKING CONDITIONS AND TIREDNESS/EXHAUSTION IN THE INTERVIEWS No access
    5. METHODOLOGICAL LESSONS No access
  9. 17.8. EVALUATION OF THE RESEARCH No access
  10. REFERENCES No access
10. 1. ABSTRACT No access
  2. 18.1 LEARNING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING AT THE GRASS-ROOTS LEVEL: A CALL FOR A TRANSFORMATION PERSPECTIVE No access
  3. 18.2 THE DEVELOPMENTAL WORK RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND THE LABORATORY METHOD OF EXPANSIVE LEARNING No access
  4. 18.3 THE CONCEPT OF AN ACTIVITY SYSTEM AS A TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING JOINT ACTIVITY No access
  5. 18.4 THE CYCLE OF EXPANSIVE LEARNING AS A TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS OF AN ACTIVITY No access
  6. 1. THE COMPETENCE-LABORATORY PROJECT IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (TC) No access
    2. THE HOME-ISDN TEAM No access
    3. THE CYCLE OF EXPANSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOME-ISDN TEAM’S ACTIVITY SYSTEM No access
  7. 18.6 INTERPRETING THE PROBLEMS AS SYMPTOMS OF PRODUCING VERSUS LEARNING CONTRADICTION IN THE ACTIVITY SYSTEM No access
  8. 1. DISCUSSION: SUCCESSIVE PHASES OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF A BUSINESS ACTIVITY REQUIRE DIFFERENT FORMS OF LEARNING No access
  9. REFERENCES No access
AUTHORS No access Pages 625 - 634
INDEX No access Pages 635 - 648