In accordance with the need to expand discussions on Organizational Learning in the Administration area in Brazil, as pointed out by Brazilian authors engaged in the issue, this article contributes to the introduction of ontological understandings based on dialectical materialism, and the theoretical and methodological elements of the Activity Theory, which belongs to the historical-cultural perspective of the Russian tradition. Within this proposal, Developmental Work Research and Expansive Learning are presented as promising elements aligned with this theory in the study of learning and organizational development, contributing to the extrapolation of learning at the individual and collective levels. Based on this theoretical and methodological scope of research, we intend to contribute to further discussions by providing opportunity to dialogue with other perspectives of analysis and considering the very expansion of the concept of Organizational Learning.
Activity Theory; Organizational learning; Developmental work research; Expansive learning; Dialectical materialism
