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- Taxén, Lars, 1944-
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A Coordination Approach Towards Alignment
- 2004
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Ingår i: Fifth Workshop on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support BPMDS¿04,2004. - Riga : Riga Technical University. ; , s. 224-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)
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- Taxén, Lars, 1944-
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A dialectical approach for transcending structuralism
- 2024
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Ingår i: Signs in Activities: New Directions for Integrational Linguistics. - London : Routledge. - 9781003000242 - 9780367429362 ; , s. 81-105
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this contribution is to explore how a dialectical approach may further Integrational Linguistics into transcending structuralism. The strategy employed is to articulate the biomechanical and macrosocial factors in the communicational infrastructure as neurobiological attractors and social anchors respectively. Hence, the inquiry focuses on the dialectical relation between an individual’s neurobiological structure and her ability to confer signhood onto activity-relevant phenomena in the social environment. This makes it possible to conceive new directions for Integrational Linguistics by rethinking central aspects such as contextuality, indeterminacy, cotemporality, integration, and coordination. Conjectural as these directions may be, I put forward that the dialectical approach provides a promising launchpad for further inquiries into transcending structuralism and beyond.
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- Taxén, Lars, 1944-
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A First Principle for Renewing the Sociotechnical Perspective
- 2022
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in Information Systems Development (STPIS 2022). - Aachen, Germany : Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen. ; , s. 222-246
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to renew the sociotechnical perspective as an “axis of cohesion”for the IS field. The renewal departs from the first principle “the individual is the social being”,which means that the individual is seen as a constituent in sociotechnical theorizing; alongside with the social and technical. This principle provides a basis for rethinking these elements as dialectically related and mutually constituting each other. The individual element is conceptualized in terms of neurobiological predispositions for action grounded in Kant’s notion of a-priori categories. The social element is seen as activity systems grounded in Marx’s notion of Praxis. The technical element is theorized as materiality apperceived by individuals as relevant in the activity system. Its philosophical grounding is Ilyenkov’s notion of the Ideal,which concerns the problem of the allegedly non-material in the natural world. When such are thinking is applied to the IS field, a foremost finding is that the IS comes forth as a social phenomenon in the minds of individuals as they struggle to make the IT artifact relevant in the activity system. Consequently, the defining question of the IS discipline may be reformulated as “researching how IT artifacts are efficiently metamorphosed into information systems in IT reliant activity systems”. How these findings may turn out in practice is illustrated by the development of a node in the 3rd generation of mobile systems in the telecom industry. In conclusion, the renewed sociotechnical perspective provides a fresh view of extant IS phenomena, thus advancing the IS field both theoretically and practically.
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- Taxén, Lars, 1944-
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A Framework for the Coordination of Complex Systems’ Development
- 2003
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study is about the coordination of complex systems’ development. A Framework has been designed and deployed by the author in the development practice of Ericsson, a major supplier of telecommunication systems on the global market. The main purpose of the study is to investigate the impacts on coordination from the Framework. The development projects are very large and subject to turbulent market conditions. Moreover, they have many participants (often several thousand), have tight time constraints and are distributed to many design centres all over the world. In these projects, coordination of the development is of crucial importance. The Framework is grounded in a tentative theory called the Activity Domain Theory, which in turn is based on the praxis philosophy. In this theory the interaction between the individual and her environment is mediated by signs. Coordination is conceived as a particular activity domain which provides coordination to the development projects. The coordination domain is gradually constructed by the actors in this domain by iteratively refining a conceptual model, a process model, a transition model, a stabilizing core and information system support. In this process individual knowledge, shared meaning and organizational artefacts evolve in a dialectical manner. The Framework has been introduced in the Ericsson development practice over a period of more than ten years. Between 1999 and 2002 approximately 140 main projects and sub-projects at Ericsson have been impacted by the Framework. These projects were distributed to more than 20 different development units around the world and were carried out in a fiercely turbulent environment. The findings indicate that the Framework has had a profound impact on the coordination of the development of the most complex nodes in the 3rd generation of mobile systems. The knowledge contributions include an account for the history of the Framework at Ericsson and an identification of elements which contribute to successful outcomes of development projects.
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- Taxén, Lars, 1944-
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A Practical Approach for Aligning Business and Knowledge Strategies
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Ingår i: Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development. - Hershey PA. : Business Science Reference (IGI Global).. - 9781605663487 ; , s. 277-308
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The alignment of business and knowledge strategies necessarily includes the individual and the organizational perspectives. A major problem in this context is to reconcile these perspectives into a common framework for alignment. To this end, an intermediate level is introduced – the activity domain. The activity domain is a canonical structure comprising all kinds of organizational units, irrespective of size and organizational level. The organization is regarded as a constellation of activity domains, each having a capability to produce an outcome that the organization needs in order to fulfill its goals. Alignment is defined as the management of dependencies between capabilities so that these capabilities fit the business’s strategic intentions. As a consequence, business and knowledge strategies can be linked to the same target – the activity domain. Practical guidelines and alignment targets for these strategies are suggested.
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- Taxén, Lars, 1944-
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A Socio-technical Approach Towards Alignment
- 2005
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Ingår i: Software Process. - 1077-4866 .- 1099-1670. ; 10:4, s. 427-439
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In order to manage the complexity of the alignment problem, we introduce the construct of workpractices as the main unit of analysis. A workpractice is a meaningful, goal oriented social entity where some actors produce a result that other actors need. The development of products or services provided by an organization is accomplished by coordinating the results of cooperating workpractices. Alignment is achieved by either adjusting the coordination between workpractices or adjusting internal workpractice elements such as processes and support systems. To make this approach operational, we suggest structuring a workpractice according to the Activity Domain Theory - a new theory for coordinating human activity. In this theory, particular emphasis is placed on the achievement of common understanding among the actors. Some results from applying this approach in the Ericsson telecommunication company are discussed. The findings indicate that the proposed approach is a promising way towards achieving and maintaining alignment.
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- Taxén, Lars, 1944-
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Advancing NeuroIS from a Dialectical Perspective
- 2020
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In spite of decades of research, the essence of central IS phenomena such as information, the IT artifact, and the Information System, remain unsettled. This aggravates the identification and definition of their neural correlates, which in turn may stymie the future potential of NeuroIS. To this end, the purpose of this paper is to define an intellectual core for the NeuroIS field, which is based on the dialectics between the individual and her social environment. Such a core enables a reconceptualization of information, the IT artifact, and the Information System as distinct ontological phenomena, however dialectically related. Accordingly, their neural correlates can be more distinctly defined, which opens up for alternative research questions. An example of a NeuroIS study addressing such questions is provided. Thus, the paper contributes to the formulation of a foundation for the future advancement of NeuroIS.
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- Taxén, Lars, 1944-
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An integration centric approach for the coordination of distributed software development projects
- 2006
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Ingår i: Information and Software Technology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0950-5849 .- 1873-6025. ; 48:9, s. 767-780
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents an approach for Distributed Software Development (DSD) that is based on two foundations. The first one is an integration centric engineering process, which aims at managing crucial dependencies in DSD projects. The second foundation is a strategy for operationalizing the coordination of the engineering process. The purpose of this strategy is to simultaneously provide global information system support for coordination and achieve common understanding about what should be coordinated and how. The approach has been successfully used at Ericsson, a major supplier of telecommunication systems worldwide, for coordinating extraordinary complex projects developing nodes in the third generation of mobile systems. Although many obstacles have to be addressed, the results indicate that the approach is a viable way to manage DSD during very demanding circumstances.
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