From Teams to Knots: Activity-Theoretical Studies of Collaboration and Learning at Work (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521148498)

Teams are commonly celebrated as efficient and humane ways of organizing work and learning. By means of a series of in-depth case studies of teams in the United States and Finland over a time span of more than ten years, this book shows that teams are not a universal and ahistorical form of collaboration. Teams are best understood in their specific activity contexts and embedded in historical development of work. The book develops a set of conceptual tools for analysis and design of transformations in collaborative work and learning.

Author: Yrjö Engeström
ISBN-10: 0521148499
ISBN-13: 9780521148498
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/12/2010
Pages: 278
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d