Description |
vi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Contents: Introduction -- 1. How ordinary work is practically accomplished -- 2. Working in coordination centres -- 3. Sensible knowledge and knowledgeable bodies -- 4. Sociomaterial practices and technological environments -- 5. Learning to talk in practice and about practice -- 6. On rules, on knowing the rules and on ordinary prescription -- 7. Representing the texture of practices -- 8. Ethnography for the practice-based design of information systems -- 9. Towards a practice theory of organizing |
Summary |
Summary: 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 a series of examples drawn from the best-known analyses using this approach, the book provides methodological guidance on how to conduct empirical research on practices, and how to interpret them from three perspectives: practices 'from outside' practices 'from inside', and the social effects produced by practices |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-232) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
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EBL |
Subject |
Communication in organizations.
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Management information systems.
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Management -- Research -- Methodology.
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Organization -- Research.
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Author |
Gherardi, Silvia.
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ebrary, Inc.
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LC no. |
2012939098 |
ISBN |
085793337X (hbk.) |
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0857933388 (ebook) |
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9780857933379 (cased) |
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9780857933386 (ebook) |
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(ebook) |
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