Davide Nicolini (Warwick Busines Professor of Organization Studies

Practice Theory, Work, and Organization

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a rigorous yet accessible introduction to contemporary practice theories, discussing their distinctive contribution to the study of work and organizations. It surveys their origins, theoretical assumptions, concepts, and application.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780199231591
• ISBN-10: 0199231591
• Artikelnr.: 36081965

Autorenporträt

Davide Nicolini is Professor of Organization Studies at Warwick Business School. He co-directs the IKON Research Centre at Warwick Business School and the Warwick Institute of Health. Prior to joining the University of Warwick he held positions at The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London and the University of Trento and Bergamo in Italy. His work has appeared in journals such as Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Management Learning, and Social Science and Medicine. From 2009 he has been Editor of Management Learning.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* 2: Praxis and Practice Theory: A Brief Historical Overview
* 3: Praxeology and the Work of Giddens and Bourdieu
* 4: Practice as Tradition and Community
* 5: Practice as Activity
* 6: Practice as Accomplishment
* 7: Practice as the House of the Social: Contemporary Developments of
the Heideggerian and Wittgensteinian Traditions
* 8: Discourse and Practice
* 9: Bringing it All Together: a Toolkit to Study and Represent
Practice at Work