The Learning Potential of Boundary Crossing in the Context of Product Introduction

Gustavsson, Maria; Säfsten, Kristina

doi:10.1007/s12186-016-9171-6

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“…The identified strategies in the present study to counterbalance discontinuities between the practices of school and work are similar to bridging strategies found in other studies. Relating to (dis)continuity between two work practices, a study in the context of product introduction showed that integration of product development and production can be enhanced by intrapersonal and interpersonal boundary crossing (Gustavsson & Säfsten, 2017). Our study further enriches these insights by taking a specific design perspective and by including the institutional level.…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 52%

Exploring Co-Construction of Learning Environments at the Boundary of School and Work Through the Lens of Vocational Practice

Bouw

Zitter

Bruijn

2021

Vocations and Learning

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Educational institutions and vocational practices need to collaborate to design learning environments that meet current-day societal demands and support the development of learners’ vocational competence. Integration of learning experiences across contexts can be facilitated by intentionally structured learning environments at the boundary of school and work. Such learning environments are co-constructed by educational institutions and vocational practices. However, co-construction is challenged by differences between the practices of school and work, which can lead to discontinuities across the school–work boundary. More understanding is needed about the nature of these discontinuities and about design considerations to counterbalance these discontinuities. Studies on the co-construction of learning environments are scarce, especially studies from the perspective of representatives of work practice. Therefore, the present study explores design considerations for co-construction through the lens of vocational practice. The study reveals a variety of discontinuities related to the designable elements of learning environments (i.e. epistemic, spatial, instrumental, temporal, and social elements). The findings help to improve understanding of design strategies for counterbalancing discontinuities at the interpersonal and institutional levels of the learning environment. The findings confirm that work practice has a different orientation than school practice since there is a stronger focus on productivity and on the quality of the services provided. However, various strategies for co-construction also seem to take into account the mutually beneficial learning potential of the school–work boundary.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 52%

Exploring Co-Construction of Learning Environments at the Boundary of School and Work Through the Lens of Vocational Practice

Bouw

Zitter

Bruijn

2021

Vocations and Learning

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“…The findings revealed that persons who acted as brokers both served as and created the cross-boundary connections necessary to develop the coaching methods and secure the future financing to build a more permanent organization founded on the WPDP (c.f. Gustavsson and Säfsten, 2017;Long et al, 2013;Wenger, 1998). These persons acted as brokers at multiple WPDP levels (Filip et al, 2016) with different primary agendas at each levels (operative, strategic and national).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When brokers collaborate across boundaries to build cross-boundary connections, they learn, and their learning can set organizational change in motion (Akkerman and Bruining, 2016;Engeström et al,1995;Gustavsson and Säfsten, 2017;Wenger, 2000).…”

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The role of brokers in a workplace development programme targeting SMEs

Lundkvist

Gustavsson

2018

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The purpose of this article is to investigate the development of a WPDP targeting SMEs by focusing on the people who acted as brokers providing crossboundary connections between its collaborating partners. Design/methodology/approach: The material, from interviews with 32 individuals and 11 meetings, was analysed in a boundary-crossing framework, which provided tools to reveal how the roles of brokers at different levels (operative, strategic, and national) of the WPDP affected its development. Findings: The findings indicate that cross-boundary connections were made by persons who acted as brokers within and between different levels of the WPDP. The brokers who provided cross-boundary connections between different levels of the WPDP were found to play the most important role for the prompt development of the WPDP. Originality/value: Apart from unique empirical material depicting the development of a collaborative venture between national and regional stakeholders of the manufacturing industry, the value of this study is the attention given to the people behind the policymaking of publicly funded national WPDPs, revealing the complex business of developing policy-driven competence development activities to employees in SMEs.

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“…boundaries, such as R&D and manufacturing (Carlile 2002(Carlile , 2004. Boundary objects are interpreted differently by the actors that belong to different boundaries, and it is an acknowledgement and discussion of these differences that ensure establishment of shared understanding (Bechky 2003;Gustavsson and Säfsten 2017). To be effective the boundary objects need to possess certain features such as providing shared language and concrete means of translating and learning about the differences and interdependencies between the actors (Dougherty 1992;Majchrzak, More, and Faraj 2012).…”

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“…Shorter product life cycles, intense competition, the diverse geographic location of R&D teams and manufacturing sites, and globally distributed suppliers are a reality for many manufacturing companies today (Gustavsson and Säfsten 2017). Therefore, the geographical distribution among actors involved in NPD projects has the tendency to amplify communication challenges (e.g.…”

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Visual representations for communication in geographically distributed new product development projects

Wlazlak

Eriksson

Johansson

et al. 2019

Journal of Engineering Design

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This study addresses the role of visual representations in supporting communication between an R&D team and geographically distributed suppliers for a new product development (NPD) project. It specifically focuses on the design and use of visual representations as a feasible way for communication between the distributed actors when they face communication challenges originating from differences in skills in the English language, but also from differences in work experiences. Relying on empirical materials from a Swedish manufacturing company in the mechanical engineering industry, this paper makes the following contributions to the literature. First, it shows that visual representations are effective boundary objects able to support process-oriented and product-oriented communication in distributed NPD projects. Second, it illustrates that visual representations do not necessarily have to follow graphic design principles, but can still be effective if distributed actors share the same project context. Finally, it highlights the need for a dynamic and context-dependent perspective on communication in NPD projects.

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The Learning Potential of Boundary Crossing in the Context of Product Introduction

Abstract: The aim is to explore challenges related to the integration between product development and production in

Cited by 13 publications

References 37 publications

Exploring Co-Construction of Learning Environments at the Boundary of School and Work Through the Lens of Vocational Practice

Exploring Co-Construction of Learning Environments at the Boundary of School and Work Through the Lens of Vocational Practice

The role of brokers in a workplace development programme targeting SMEs

Visual representations for communication in geographically distributed new product development projects

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