The interdisciplinary study of coordination
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Developing activity theory: the zone of proximal development and beyond
Context and consciousness
Are Global Understanding, Communication, and Information Management in Information Systems Possible?
Selected Papers from the Symposium on Conceptual Modeling, Current Issues and Future Directions
Landscape Design: Designing for Local Action in Complex Worlds
Organization Science
The Impact of Information Technology on Coordination: Evidence From the B-2
Organization Science
Being Efficiently Fickle: A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Choice
Organization Science
Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design (Acting with Technology)
Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design (Acting with Technology)
The Work System Method: Connecting People, Processes, and IT for Business Results
The Work System Method: Connecting People, Processes, and IT for Business Results
Pushing Back the Frontiers of Organization Science
Organization Science
Gaffers, Gofers, and Grips: Role-Based Coordination in Temporary Organizations
Organization Science
Technological Embeddedness and Organizational Change
Organization Science
Using Activity Domain Theory for Managing Complex Systems
Using Activity Domain Theory for Managing Complex Systems
Practice as the Site of Knowing: Insights from the Field of Telemedicine
Organization Science
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The investigation of sustainable enterprise interoperability requires an explicit position of what constitutes the enterprise. In particular, human aspects like agency, sense-making, interpretation, common understanding, etc., must be taken into account. To this end, the purpose of this contribution is to make an inquiry into interoperability from the perspective of the Activity Domain Theory (ADT). In this theory, the enterprise is considered as a constellation of activity domains. The activity domain is characterized by the activity modalities - objectivation, contextualization, spatialization, temporalization stabilization, transition - which represent human, innate predispositions for coordinating actions. Interoperability is focused to one particular modality: the transition between activity domains. An example from the telecom industry is used to illustrate the approach. Implications for various aspects of interoperability are discussed. In conclusion, it is argued that the ADT is an alternative framework for advancing the understanding of sustainable interoperability between enterprises and enterprise systems.