Intentionality, Agency, Change: Practice Theory and Management
聚焦活动理论，分析其在流动、临时和不确定的工作环境中的适用性，并通过社会服务重组案例展示其分析优势，与价值理性干预方法对比说明实践意义。
Practice research that has been influential in management and organizational studies has featured stable teams and established communities of practice. In recent years however, many work settings have become fluid, transitory and uncertain. Theories that explore collective intentionality and distributed agency are particularly relevant to such situations. Commenting on recent contributions this article concentrates on activity theory. The analytic strengths of activity theory are illustrated by a study of the reorganization of social services for vulnerable children and families. Its implications for action are illustrated by a comparison with a `value rational' approach to intervention.