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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Knowing in practice"”.
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Practising knowing in emergency departments : tracing the disciplinary and institutional complexities of working, learning and knowing in modern emergency departments
In this thesis I examine ‘knowing in practice’ (Gherardi 2006) in emergency departments (EDs) and present a new conceptualisation of how knowing in practice is done. In particular, I examine how nurses and doctors draw on recognised disciplinary practices and adapt these in the institutional …
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Remaking jobs and organisations : a Schatzkian practice perspective
… of the work of three Australian organisations in order to show how a Schatzkian view of ‘practice’ can illuminate conceptualisations of organisations, change, jobs, workers and knowing in ways that challenge prevailing managerialist theorisations of the same. In particular, this thesis draws on …
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Practice, power and learning in UK recorded music companies
This thesis adopts a practice-based approach to understanding how power, knowledge and knowing intermingle in organizations to facilitate/constrain individual access to opportunities for knowing-in-practice (learning). It explores how organizational mechanisms and technologies of regulation …
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Documenting dreams : patient-centered records versus practice-centered records
… use documents to share their knowledge within and across healthcare settings. In addressing this question I draw on a 15-month, multi-sited ethnographic study in several pediatric health care settings, following patients from primary care clinics, to emergency rooms, and in-patient units. …
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Constructing Leadership Identities through Participation in a Leadership Living-Learning Community
… conceptually illustrated how a leadership living-learning community provided an educational context well suited to enhance development of leaders within changing leadership and educational paradigms. Specifically, it highlighted how both leadership and learning have come to be viewed as …
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Helpdesking: Knowing and learning in IT support practices
The background of this doctoral thesis is an interest in work achievement over extended time periods in specialized and technology-infused workplaces. Globalization, digitalization and increased focus on customer services are constituent aspects that have been claimed responsible for the current …