1. Conceptualizing Enterprise Systems from an Integrationist Perspective
Lars Taxén
Linköping University
docent LiU, konsult inom PLM-området, har tidigare arbetat med PLM inom Ericsson under många år
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2. Motivation

3. Integration “is the key to ERP”
(Cumbie et al., 2005)
Far from clear what is integrated into what, or how integration is achieved in practice

4. Depart from “integrationism” …

5. A new theory of communication (Roy Harris)
Knowledge is not a matter of gaining access to something outside yourself; all knowledge is internally generated by the human capacity for sign-making;
the external world supplies input to this creative process but does not predetermine the outcome;
signs and, hence knowledge, arise from creative attempts to integrate the various activities of which human beings are capable.
(Roy Harris, 2009, p. 162)

6. … human activity

7. Aligning individual meanings
The Activity Domain
- objectivation
- contextualization
- stabilization
- spatialization
- temporalization
- transition
- motivation
Activity Modalities
Motivated by some need
About something - a target
Frame a context of relevance
Orient ourselves in space
Conceive of actions
Work out relevant actions
Change focus
Why, What, How
meaning
common foundation
Enacting means
Aligning individual meanings

8. … human integrative faculties

9. Signification in all activity modalities
Higher mental functions
(unique for humans)
integrative functions
mediated by signs
speech, abstract and general concept formation
Lower mental functions
(all organisms with
neural networks)
motivation, objectivation, contextualization, spatialization, temporalization, stabilization, transition
Integrative neural circuits
Ta bort AM
perceptional, attentional, memorial, evaluative, motoric
neural circuits

10. Enterprise Systems

11. ?

12. Integrative sign - objectivation
FACH setup/release
FM support
Node connection control
PM support
Distributed OS
SW key handling
AAL5 layer
AAL2 network
connection control
SAAL layer
De-block HW (incl. Self test)
RX diversion
PCH setup/release
DCH Multi code
DCH Power control
DCH Synchronization
DCH User data process
System upgrade
Scalable execution
LED handling
Power on
Application hook
Local execution platform
CMsupport
DCH setup/release
AAL2 layer
Network synch. incl. Distr.
Cell processing setup/release
Cell capacity supervision
Resource auto configuration
Physical line termination
Application SW load
DCH connection supervision
SW upgrade during traffic
Soft handover
SMS broadcast
Fast congestion control
Hard handover
Softer handover
RACH Transport channel
FACH/RACH connection
FACH Process user data
FACH Ack.
Traffic connection
Call path tracing
Fast power control
Single DCH radio link
DCH Single code
PCH Power control
PCH User data process
BCCH User data process
Multi DCH Radio link
AAL5/IP packaging and
encapsulating
IP support
HW/SW info
Start MMI
Element management platform
Operation and Management
Java execution platform
Cell measurement report to RNC
Node synch.
BCCH setup/release
FACH Power control
RACH setup/release
Setup of RBS/RNC control link
Iub data stream setup/release
BCCH Power control

13. Integration within and across activity domains

14. Enterprise systems supporting integration

15. Some implications Enterprises as constellations of Activity Domains
The Activity Domain the integrative unit
Sign-making
Signs, e.g. models, compliant with the Activity Modalities
ES systems conceptualized as tools for sign-making
ES relevance domain dependent
ERP relevant in HR, financing, stock holding, inventory, etc.
PLM relevant in product development domains

16. Conclusion
Work in progress, trying to ground ES inquiries in human predispositions for integrating activities
Necessary to advance the current state of play in ES thinking and practice

18. Integrative sign - objectivation
FACH setup/release
FM support
Node connection control
PM support
Distributed OS
SW key handling
AAL5 layer
AAL2 network
connection control
SAAL layer
De-block HW (incl. Self test)
RX diversion
PCH setup/release
DCH Multi code
DCH Power control
DCH Synchronization
DCH User data process
System upgrade
Scalable execution
LED handling
Power on
Application hook
Local execution platform
CMsupport
DCH setup/release
AAL2 layer
Network synch. incl. Distr.
Cell processing setup/release
Cell capacity supervision
Resource auto configuration
Physical line termination
Application SW load
DCH connection supervision
SW upgrade during traffic
Soft handover
SMS broadcast
Fast congestion control
Hard handover
Softer handover
RACH Transport channel
FACH/RACH connection
FACH Process user data
FACH Ack.
Traffic connection
Call path tracing
Fast power control
Single DCH radio link
DCH Single code
PCH Power control
PCH User data process
BCCH User data process
Multi DCH Radio link
AAL5/IP packaging and
encapsulating
IP support
HW/SW info
Start MMI
Element management platform
Operation and Management
Java execution platform
Cell measurement report to RNC
Node synch.
BCCH setup/release
FACH Power control
RACH setup/release
Setup of RBS/RNC control link
Iub data stream setup/release
BCCH Power control

19. Human capacity for integrating activities
Vygotsky
integrative functions
mediated by signs
Higher mental functions
(unique for humans)
speech, abstract and general concept formation
motivation, objectivation, contextualization, spatialization, temporalization, stabilization, transition
Lower mental functions
(all organisms with
neural networks)
integration
perceptional, attentional, memorial, evaluative, motoric
Ta bort AM

20. Implications - ERP
The relevance of the ERP-system in each domain will vary
ERP-systems are vital for integrating a certain subset of domains
Those dealing with HR, financing, stock holding, inventory, etc.

21. Interpretation in the integrationist perspective
A means for integration
Mainly a p-tool
Should be aligned with the AMs
To support all modalities in integration
Integrating activity presumes all modalities
Valid for all ADs in which the ERP-system is relevant

22. What has been achieved? Models are psychological tools
Change something in the brain but not in the environment
Element in integration rather than “representing” something
Models shall be compliant with the AMs
ERP systems p-tools for all AMs

23. A sign expressing the enterprise

24. A sign expressing mainly temporalization
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Design
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25. Aligning individual meanings
Human activity
- objectivation
- contextualization
- stabilization
- spatialization
- temporalization
- transition
- motivation
Activity Modalities
Motivated by some need
Attend a target
Frame a context of relevance
Orient ourselves in space
Conceive of actions
Evolve principles for relevant actions
Change focus
Why, What, How
meaning
common foundation
Enacting means
Aligning individual meanings

26. Aligning individual meanings
Human activity – the Activity Domain
Attend a target
Frame a context of relevance
Evolve principles for relevant actions
Orient ourselves in space
Conceive of actions
Change focus
Motivated by some need
Is about something
Enacting means
Aligning individual meanings

27. Human capacity for integration
Vygotsky
integrative functions
mediated by signs
Higher mental functions
(unique for humans)
speech, abstract and general concept formation
Lower mental functions
(all organisms with
neural networks)
integration
perceptional, attentional, memorial, evaluative, motoric
Ta bort AM