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From Teams to Knots : Activity-Theoretical Studies of Collaboration and Learning at Work

Paperback • 2010 • English

From Teams to Knots : Activity-Theoretical Studies of Collaboration and Learning at Work

By Yrjö Engström

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About the book

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 10 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. Today, static teams are increasingly replaced by forms of fluid knotworking around r...Show more

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ISBN

9780521148498

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

From Teams to Knots : Activity-Theoretical Studies of Collaboration and Learning at Work

Format

Paperback

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