Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Section 1 The Practical Trail -- Chapter 1 The Dawn of the Activity Domain Theory -- Chapter 2 Reflections -- Section 2 The Theoretical Trail -- Chapter 3 The Philosophical Roots -- Chapter 4 Activity Theory -- Section 3 The Activity Domain Theory -- Chapter 5 The Constitution of the Activity Domain -- Chapter 6 Cognitive Grounding -- Chapter 7 Operationalizing the Theory -- Chapter 8 Positioning Against Other Theories -- Chapter 9 The Practical and Theoretical Trails in Hindsight
Section 4 ImplicationsChapter 10 The Anatomy-Centric Approach Towards Managing Complex Projects -- Chapter 11 Enterprise Architectures: An Alternative View -- Chapter 12 Product Lifecycle Management Revisited -- Chapter 13 Alignment: The Activity Domain in the Centre -- Chapter 14 In Search of an Integrating Construct -- Chapter 15 In Conclusion -- About the Author -- Index
Summary
"This book offers a new approach toward managing the coordination of complex system development tasks, combining a deep understanding of concrete, every-day conditions of the telecom industry with innovative theoretical development of the Activity Domain Theory"--Provided by publisher
