Tool use and collaborative work of dock assembly in practice
In order to deepen the understanding of the intrinsic interactions and interplay between humans, tools, and environment from a systems perspective, research in the wild (RITW) approaches have gained traction during recent decades as they provide a higher ecological validity of findings. This paper p...
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| description | In order to deepen the understanding of the intrinsic interactions and interplay between humans, tools, and environment from a systems perspective, research in the wild (RITW) approaches have gained traction during recent decades as they provide a higher ecological validity of findings. This paper presents a RITW study, investigating how assembly, in this case dock assembly of forwarders, was done in practice. As our theoretical foundation, we used the framework of distributed cognition, which is one of the main pillars of RITW. The findings are presented in narrative form, describing and highlighting that the workers achieve an efficient production outcome by being integral parts of the whole production process and doing so through coordination of activities benefitting the shared goal of the distributed socio-technical system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b1505b6e6df643dea182249e073091b62022-12-21T19:52:41ZengTaylor & Francis GroupProduction and Manufacturing Research: An Open Access Journal2169-32772017-01-015116419010.1080/21693277.2017.13748901374890Tool use and collaborative work of dock assembly in practiceRebecca Andreasson0Jessica Lindblom1Peter Thorvald2University of SkövdeUniversity of SkövdeUniversity of SkövdeIn order to deepen the understanding of the intrinsic interactions and interplay between humans, tools, and environment from a systems perspective, research in the wild (RITW) approaches have gained traction during recent decades as they provide a higher ecological validity of findings. This paper presents a RITW study, investigating how assembly, in this case dock assembly of forwarders, was done in practice. As our theoretical foundation, we used the framework of distributed cognition, which is one of the main pillars of RITW. The findings are presented in narrative form, describing and highlighting that the workers achieve an efficient production outcome by being integral parts of the whole production process and doing so through coordination of activities benefitting the shared goal of the distributed socio-technical system.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21693277.2017.1374890DCogdock assemblyhuman factors & ergonomicsembodimenttool use |
| spellingShingle | Rebecca Andreasson Jessica Lindblom Peter Thorvald Tool use and collaborative work of dock assembly in practice Production and Manufacturing Research: An Open Access Journal DCog dock assembly human factors & ergonomics embodiment tool use |
| title | Tool use and collaborative work of dock assembly in practice |
| title_full | Tool use and collaborative work of dock assembly in practice |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Tool use and collaborative work of dock assembly in practice |
| title_short | Tool use and collaborative work of dock assembly in practice |
| title_sort | tool use and collaborative work of dock assembly in practice |
| topic | DCog dock assembly human factors & ergonomics embodiment tool use |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21693277.2017.1374890 |
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