Why is it that so many aspects of organizations are now spoken of as practices? How can organizations be studied within a practice-based approach? How can workable knowledge about them be produced? The authors answer these questions theoretically and through empirical examples. They provide an overv[...]
The practice-based approach to the study of work and organizing has been widely adopted in recent years, yet its theoretical and methodological systematization has only just begun. Silvia Gherardi expertly provides an overview on the topics and issues addressed by practice-based studies. By means of[...]
Offers an understanding of practice-based organizational learning and knowing. This work describes how learning, knowing and organizing are practised. It is centred on the concepts of 'knowing in practice' and the 'texture' of organizational knowledge. It offers an account of how organizations learn[...]
The practice-based approach to the study of work and organizing has been widely adopted in recent years, yet its theoretical and methodological systematization has only just begun. Silvia Gherardi expertly provides an overview on the topics and issues addressed by practice-based studies. By means of[...]
The shortcoming of many of the studies conducted to date is that they focus solely on the female side, whereas here the authors believe that consideration should also be made of the ways in which men narrate, and therefore interpret, their own professional and organizational experience as well as th[...]