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Alignment: The Activity Domain in the Centre

Alignment: The Activity Domain in the Centre

Lars Taxén
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781605661926|ISBN10: 1605661929|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616924195|EISBN13: 9781605661933
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-192-6.ch013
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Lars Taxen. "Alignment: The Activity Domain in the Centre." Using Activity Domain Theory for Managing Complex Systems, IGI Global, 2010, pp.263-286. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-192-6.ch013

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L. Taxen (2010). Alignment: The Activity Domain in the Centre. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-192-6.ch013

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Lars Taxen. "Alignment: The Activity Domain in the Centre." In Using Activity Domain Theory for Managing Complex Systems. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-192-6.ch013

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to permeate the alignment area from the ADT perspective. In doing so I will focus on the alignment of B and K strategies, since this can be apprehended as a wider scope than the more tangible alignment of, say B strategies and IT strategies. The reason is that knowledge according to ADT is directly related to the work object of the activity domain. It is in the activity domain that capabilities of both humans and mediational means are enacted, and mediational means are, among other things, ISs and IT. Thus, business strategies and IS/IT cannot be directly aligned since that would “short-cut” the enactment process in the activity domain.

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