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Scott Poole
Gerry DeSanctis
1994
Background
Orientation- efforts are unfocused because
group goals are unclear
Conflict- factions disagree on how to approach the
problem and argue against other viewpoints
Coalescence- members allow others to "save face" by adopting solutions acceptable to all
Development- the group concentrates on ways
to implement a single solution
Integration- members reward
each other for cohesive efforts
Scott Poole, however, was not convinced by this phase model after some testing... With some help he found that these phases could be adapted and applied to the microlevel of small-group activity.
Anthony Giddens
1984
is formulated as “the production and reproduction
of the social systems through members’ use of rules
and resources in interaction”.
Basic Assumptions
=concerning the nature of everyday human social interactions and agency on a small scale.
= concerns the social structure and broader systems.
This theory has been adapted and changed by researchers interested in the relationship between technology and social structures , such as information technology in organizations. DeSanctis and Poole borrow from Giddens in order to propose an "adaptive structuration theory" with respect to the bringing forth and use of group decision support systems. In particular, they use Giddens' notion of "modalities of structuration".
- how social structures are appropriated into concrete situations, to consider how technology is used with respect to its "user".
2 Main Points to Understand:
1) The types of structures that are provided by the
advanced technologies
2) The structures that actually emerge in human action as people interact with these technologies.
An Application?
The AST could be used to analyze the advent of various innovations such as the printed press, electricity, telegraph, mass transpirations, radio, telephone, TV, the Internet, etc., and show how the structures of these innovations penetrated the respective societies, influencing them, and how the social structures of those societies in turn influenced and modified innovations' original intent. In conclusion AST's appropriation process might be a good model to analyze the utilization and penetration of new media technologies in our society.
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