An exploratory study into everyday problem solving in the design process of medical devices
An exploratory study into everyday problem solving in the design process of medical devices
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DOI：
10.1080/09544828.2017.1397269
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发表时间：
2017-11
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
J. Glover;K. Daniels
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作者：
J. Glover;K. Daniels
摘要：我们调查了医疗器械行业公共和私营组织中的个人如何使用不同形式的资本（社会如网络和文化如知识）来解决基于设计的问题。我们将资本定义为嵌入在社交网络、知识或经济财富中的资源[Bourdieu 1986]。“资本的形式”。《教育社会学理论与研究手册》，J. Richardson编，241-258页。纽约：格林伍德]。数据收集自使用解释性分析的医疗器械设计过程中参与人员的访谈和书面日记。从我们的分析中得出的推论表明，在组织中工作的个人成功地解决问题可能是通过使用社会和文化资本来实现的，因此可能比其他人更有可能从事创新活动。这些探索性的研究结果表明，在大型组织的工人可能有能力使用更高水平的内部社会和文化资本，而那些在较小的组织可能更依赖于高水平的社会资本，以“挖掘”超越组织边界的文化资本。
ABSTRACT We investigated accounts of how individuals in public and private organisations operating in the medical device industry use different forms of capital (social e.g. networks and cultural e.g. knowledge) to solve design based problems. We define capital as resources embedded in social networks, knowledge or economic wealth [Bourdieu 1986. “Forms of Capital.” In Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education, edited by J. Richardson, 241–258. New York: Greenwood]. Data were collected from interviews and written diaries from individuals involved in the design process of medical devices using interpretative analysis. Inferences made from our analyses suggested that individuals working in organisations who successfully solve problems may do so by using both social and cultural capital and so may be more likely to engage in innovative activity than others. These exploratory findings suggest workers in large organisations may have the capability to use a greater level of in-house social and cultural capital, whereas those in smaller organisations may be more reliant on high levels of social capital in order to ‘tap into’ cultural capital beyond organisational boundaries.