Abstract
Purpose – This paper seeks to provoke thoughts around the possibility of using the lever of practices
and situated knowledge to trigger organisational change and to redesign it with the involvement of the
whole organisation.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents connections between a psychosociological
approach and a practice-based approach. The use of ethnomethodology is offered as a way to detect
situated practice and meaning at works.
Findings – This contribution underlines how change and learning in organisations can find support
in investing in local knowledge and in detecting and reflecting around the living practices of daily
activities. Knowing in practice requires the involvement and continuous work of connecting among
individuals, groups, organisations and institutions in situated contexts. The paper shows how
strategic a process this is, presenting a way to work on situated data.
Practical implications – The paper represents a way to work on organisational change grounded
on action research.
Originality/value – The paper combines a psychological perspective within the field of
practice-based studies and sustains a specific ethnographic method to create organisational areas of
reflexivity.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 538-554 |
Numero di pagine | 17 |
Rivista | Journal of Workplace Learning |
Volume | Vol. 21 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2009 |
Keywords
- change
- identity
- learning
- reflective practice