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“MOVING FORWARD WITH ACTIVITY THEORY: IDEAS AND CHALLENGES AFTER ISCAR 2011”. CRADLE Development day 20.9.2011 Hanna Toiviainen. Ideas. As normal Development = school , children , students Work = teachers ’ work Theoretical critique = isolated Impressions
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“MOVING FORWARD WITH ACTIVITY THEORY: IDEAS AND CHALLENGES AFTER ISCAR 2011” CRADLE Developmentday 20.9.2011 Hanna Toiviainen
Ideas • As normal • Development = school, children, students • Work = teachers’ work • Theoreticalcritique = isolated • Impressions • Individualturn – link to social varies • Discovery of material – Whynow? Link to materialismunclear • History vs. situation
Challenges • ISCAR as forum for new openings • Keynotelectures • ISCAR as globalorganization • Geographicalregions? • Theoretical-methodologicalfrontlines? • Cross-culturallearning?
Transformation in and across companies – the challenge of reinterpreting future I & IIHanneleKerosuo and Hanna ToiviainenDiscussant: Klaus Peter Schulz • to examine transformation and change dynamics in and across companies • to enhance the application of cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) as a research tool to analyze companies • to fill the gaps that other analytical frameworks in company research may leave
Program Jean-Louis Magakian: Reflexivity in strategic thinking: an activity based approach MarikaSchaupp: How developmental decisions are made – Analyzing the forms of generalizing in managerial discussions for developing organizational capability Phillip Capper, Ken Wilson and Roberta Hill: Using a change laboratory approach to transform a whole value chain – the case of the New Zealand meat industry PäiviRistimäki: Against Blackcloth of Discontinuity: An ICT company reaching a turning point of business Yves Habran: Contradictions as drivers, consequences or resources within organizational dynamics? An activity theory perspective on an empirical exploration ZlatkoBodrožić and AnuKajamaa: Expanding the use of the concept of ZPD