Smith CS, Francovich C. Development of a Structural Model of Activity and a Method for Analyzing Activity Systems. Word Counts: Summary 368 Body (with figures and diagrams) 7562 Suggested Congress Theme (4) 'Role of institutions and organizations in forming activity and shaping identity' [Themes 6 (unit of analysis) and 5 (methodological controversies) are also appropriate] 2 SUMMARY Structural...

The purpose of the article is to identify historical and cultural specifics A. Scriabin's missionary activity in dealing with features music management as a value, creative phenomenon spiritual culture, which has practical implementation conditions socio-cultural interaction. methodology includes analytical, comparative-historical, genre-nominative musicological approaches determined by aesthet...

Current Knowledge Management (KM) design approaches recognize the importance of integrating codification, personalization, and collaboration strategies. Incorporating various database systems, search functions, managerial support, performance appraisal, personalized widgets, and case summaries into seamless functions are exemplary efforts. However, KM is rarely integrated with organizational le...

This poster highlights issues of user support for on-line food shopping. A call is made for further examination of the human activity of food shopping and consumption within a given socio -cultural and historical context. An approach to the design of experiential on-line grocery store user interfaces, with a particular focus on product presentation and retrieval, is proposed, based on the trans...

during last century and in a period of time called modern history of middle east, we have seen different changes in life of urban communities as whole, and urban and rural of the mentioned region in particular. the range and power of such changes has been in such a level that we can claim: it has changed the “life world” of people noticeably. among all parts of the region our field study (iran’...

Group decision-making problem is a common and crucial human activity. By the characteristic of group decision making process, the model of multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) process based on evidence theory is proposed. The interacting process for MAGDM is analyzed, and the consensus analysis and the improving approach in group experts’ decision making based on similarity is given. B...

This paper advances a scheme that proposes how curriculum goals and content might be conceptualised for vocational education. The scheme is founded in socio-historical activity theory. An account of the social sources of vocational knowledge (sociogeneses) comprising history, culture and situation is discussed to illuminate how both the canonical requirements of vocational practice and its mani...

This article explores the nature of calls for risk-based policy present in expert discourse from a cultural theory perspective. Semi-structured interviews with professionals engaged in the research and management of livestock disease control provide the data for a reading proposing that the real basis of policy relating to socio-technical hazards is deeply political and cannot be purified throu...