Living with Contradictions: Complementing Activity Theory with the Notion of "Installed Base" to Address the Historical Dimension of Transformation

Faraja Igira; Margunn Aanestad

Mind, Culture, and Activity Vol. 16, No. 3 (2009) pp. 209–233

This article addresses the historical dimension of the relation between information systems innovation and organizational transformation. We analyse findings from a study of ongoing transformations in the healthcare sector in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The ...