This book makes an important contribution to our understanding ofpractice-based organizational learning and knowing.
* Based on the author's detailed study of safety practices indifferent corporate settings.
* The author uses this study to empirically describe howlearning, knowing and organizing are practised.
* Centred on the concepts of "knowing in practice" and the"texture" of organizational knowledge.
* Gives a rich account of how organizations learn and howcorporate practices and policies evolve.
Silvia Gherardi
Business & Management Organisationsverhalten Organizational Behavior Wirtschaft u. Management
"This is not only an insightful but also a necessary book. It drawstogether the practice-based school of thought within research onorganizational and workplace learning. And, furthermore, the booktakes us in an exemplary way through a case study in which thenovel term "texture of practice" is used to illustrate how practiceis weaved together with the workplace and its members. I will nothesitate to recommend this book to any of my students - andeven my friends!"
--Bente Elkjaer, The Danish University of Education
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