Artifacts in Interaction: The Production and Politics of Boundary Objects

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Thomas ◽  
Cynthia Hardy ◽  
Leisa D. Sargent
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Objects

scholarly journals GENERATIVE BOUNDARY OBJECTS AS INTEGRAL PARTS OF FRAMING IN DESIGN AND BIOSCIENCE COLLABORATIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1135-1144
Author(s):  
S. Välk ◽  
C. Mougenot
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Boundary Objects ◽  
Design Engineers

AbstractCollaborations between design engineers and bioscientists offer novel opportunities that could help solving some of the biggest challenges organisations and societies are facing. Combining design and bioscience has the potential to create responsible and desirable products/services, however such ventures come with challenges rising from boundaries between practices. This research explores boundary objects as sources of framing in multidisciplinary collaborations. The results are based on a descriptive study with synthetic biologists and design engineers working on an innovation-driven task.

How Consultants and Their Clients Collaborate in Spite of Massive Communication Barriers

2015 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michäas Sutter ◽  
Alfred Kieser
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Boundary Objects ◽  
Communication Barriers ◽  
Frames Of Reference

Managers often collaborate with members of consultancies with the aim of improving the performance of their organizations. It is astonishing that, after the completion of such consulting projects, both parties in most cases express satisfaction with the results. It is astonishing because, as we show in this article, consultants and the managers of client organizations, when engaging in joint projects, have to overcome severe communication barriers. These communication barriers originate from different frames of reference the collaborators refer to, different goals they pursue, and different logics they follow. As we demonstrate on the basis of an empirical analysis, the communication barriers are overcome predominantly through the use of boundary objects and prototyping.

Boundary objects in collaborative work and learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Fominykh ◽  
Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland ◽  
Monica Divitini ◽  
Sobah Abbas Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Boundary Objects

Credibility, salience, and legitimacy of boundary objects: water managers' assessment of a simulation model in an immersive decision theater

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave D White ◽  
Amber Wutich ◽  
Kelli L Larson ◽  
Patricia Gober ◽  
Timothy Lant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Boundary Objects

Designing for communication at work: A case for technology-enhanced boundary objects

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Bakker ◽  
Phillip Kent ◽  
Celia Hoyles ◽  
Richard Noss
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Objects

Service innovation as a social construction: The role of boundary objects

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Mele ◽  
Roberta Sebastiani ◽  
Daniela Corsaro
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Boundary Objects ◽  
Resource Integration ◽  
Shared Meanings ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Social ◽  
Outcome Perspective

This article advances a conceptualization of service innovation as socially constructed through resource integration and sensemaking. By developing this view, the current study goes beyond an outcome perspective, to include the collective nature of service innovation and the role of the social context in affecting the service innovation process. Actors enact and perform service innovation through two approaches, one that is more concerted and another that emerges in some way. Each approach is characterized by distinct resource integration processes, in which the boundary objects (artifacts, discourses, and places) play specific roles. They act as bridge-makers that connect actors, thereby fostering resource integration and shared meanings.

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