转化式学习
功能可见性
生殖力
计算机科学
透视图(图形)
新兴技术
动作(物理)
锁(火器)
路径(计算)
转化(遗传学)
认知科学
知识管理
人机交互
社会学
认识论
人工智能
工程类
心理学
哲学
物理
化学
基因
机械工程
程序设计语言
量子力学
生物化学
教育学
作者
Brian T. Pentland,Youngjin Yoo,Jan Recker,Inkyu Kim
出处
期刊:Organization Science
[Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences]
日期:2021-11-22
卷期号:33 (1): 194-211
被引量:20
标识
DOI:10.1287/orsc.2021.1543
摘要
We offer a path-centric theory of emerging technology and organizing that addresses a basic question. When does emerging technology lead to transformative change? A path-centric perspective on technology focuses on the patterns of actions afforded by technology in use. We identify performing and patterning as self-reinforcing mechanisms that shape patterns of action in the domain of emerging technology and organizing. We use a dynamic simulation to show that performing and patterning can lead to a wide range of trajectories, from lock-in to transformation, depending on how emerging technology in use influences the pattern of action. When emerging technologies afford new actions that can be flexibly recombined to generate new paths, decisive transformative effects are more likely. By themselves, new affordances are not likely to generate transformation. We illustrate this theory with examples from the practice of pharmaceutical drug discovery. The path-centric perspective offers a new way to think about generativity and the role of affordances in organizing.
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