Yrjo Engestrom Knihy

Focusing on in-depth case studies, this book explores how work teams evolve in response to the changing nature of work. It examines the dynamics, challenges, and strategies that influence team development, providing insights into the impact of workplace transformations on team effectiveness and collaboration. Through real-world examples, it highlights the adaptability of teams in various contexts, making it a valuable resource for understanding the intersection of teamwork and the modern work environment.

By means of in-depth case studies, this book analyzes the development of work teams as work itself changes.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of activity theory through an international and interdisciplinary lens. It compiles various research findings and perspectives, highlighting the theory's applications across different fields. By examining diverse methodologies and contexts, it aims to deepen the understanding of human activity and its implications in various disciplines, making it a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners interested in the intersections of psychology, education, and social sciences.

This book brings together contributions from researchers within various social science disciplines who seek to redefine the methods and topics that constitute the study of work. They investigate work activity in ways that do not reduce it to a 'psychology' of individual cognition nor to a 'sociology' of societal structures and communication. A key theme in the material is the relationship between theory and practice. This is not an abstract problem of interest merely to social scientists. Rather, it is discussed as an issue that working people address when they attempt to understand a task and communicate its demands. Mindful practices and communicative interaction are examined as situated issues at work in the reproduction of communities of practice in a variety of settings including: courts of law, computer software design, the piloting of airliners, the coordination of air traffic control, and traffic management in underground railway systems.