Practice theory, work, and organization [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Davide Nicolini

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786316603321
• Autore: Nicolini Davide
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-83490-1; 0-19-164462-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.35; 360.72
• Soggetti: Organizational sociology; Social sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What is new? The affordance of practice theories; 1.2 There is no such a thing as a unified practice theory; 1.3 Practice theories and the study of work and organization; 1.3.1 Returning to practice: a weak and strong programme?; 1.4 The content and structure of the book; 1.5 The rolling case study; 1.5.1 What is telemedicine?; 1.5.2 What is chronic heart failure?; 1.5.3 Telemonitoring at Garibaldi; 1.6 Words of thanks; 2 Praxis and Practice Theory: A Brief Historical Overview; 2.1 The legacy of Greek classical thought and the demotion of practice in the Western tradition2.1.1 Plato's intellectualist legacy; 2.1.2 Aristotle on praxis; 2.2 The demotion of practice in the Western tradition; 2.3 The rediscovery of practice: Marx, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein; 2.3.1 Marx; 2.3.2 Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the primacy of practice in the phenomenological tradition; 2.3.3 Wittgenstein: intelligibility as practice; 2.3.4 The return of practice in contemporary social thought; 3 Praxeology and the Work of Giddens and Bourdieu; 3.1 Giddens: practice as the basic domain of study of the social sciences3.1.1 Giddens' view of practice; 3.1.2 Giddens at work; 3.2 Bourdieu's praxeology: an overview; 3.2.1 On habitus; 3.2.2 How habitus produces practice; 3.2.3 Theorizing practice; 3.2.4 Bourdieu's praxeology and the study of work and organization; Rolling case study: ; Telemedicine and the nursing habitus; 4 Practice as Tradition and Community; 4.1 Practice, tradition, and learning; 4.2 Practice and community; 4.3 Withdrawing the phrase 'community of practice'?; Rolling case study: Becoming part of the practice of telemedicine5 Practice as Activity; 5.1 The Marxian roots of cultural historical activity theory; 5.2 The central tenets of cultural and historical activity theory; 5.2.1 The central role of mediation; 5.2.2 The activity system as the basic unit of analysis; 5.2.3 There is no such a thing as an object-less activity; 5.2.4 The confiictual and expanding nature of activity systems; 5.2.5 The interventionist nature of CHAT; 5.3 The weaknesses of a strong theory; Rolling case study: Telemedicine as an activity system; 6 Practice as Accomplishment6.1 Ethno-methodology's view of everyday activity; 6.1.1 Accountability; 6.1.2 Reflexivity; 6.1.3 Indexicality; 6.1.4 Membership; 6.2 The implication of ethno-methodology for the study of (work) practices; 6.3 The new generation of EM-oriented studies of work and organization; 6.4 An unfinished task; Rolling case study: Accomplishing monitoring; 7 Practice as the House of the Social: Contemporary Developments of the Heideggerian and Wittgensteinian Traditions; 7.1 Why people do what they do?; 7.2 Practices and their organization; 7.3 Practices and materials; 7.4 How practices constitute action, sociality, the world, and themselves
• Sommario/riassunto: What is practice theory? Where do practice theories come from? What do they say? Do they really offer something new to the study of work and organization? In setting out to answer these questions, this book provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to contemporary theories of practice, discussing their distinctive contribution to work and organization studies. Practice theories are a set of conceptual tools and methodologies for investigating, analysing, and representing everyday practice through written text, language, images, and behaviour. Drawing on a variety of theoretical tradition

Researcher-policymaker partnerships : strategies for launching and sustaining successful collaborations / / Jenni W. Owen and Anita M. Larson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955331903321
• Autore: Owen Jenni W.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-315-31916-0; 1-315-21272-2; 1-4987-3522-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Collana: American Society for Public Administration Series in Public Administration & Public Policy
• Altri autori (Persone): LarsonAnita M. <1965->
• Disciplina: 320.6072
• Soggetti: Policy sciences - Research; Political planning - Research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Approach and structure -- Motivations for collaboration -- Implementing effective partnerships -- Sustaining successful partnerships -- Utilizing research : an intended consequence -- Investing in research, investing in policy outcomes -- The bright future of researcher-policymaker partnerships.
• Sommario/riassunto: Gone are the days when researchers, policymakers, and practitioners each worked in isolation. In recent years, a few interrelated issues have emphasized the need for greater collaboration among researchers, policymakers and practitioners: the increased emphasis on results and accountability (particularly where public funds are at stake), the need to improve services, and the growing use of technology. This book is about these all-important partnerships, specifically the relationships between those searching for evidence and those who are putting evidence to use through designing and implementing policy at the federal, state, or local level. Students of public policy, public administration, social work, and education will find much to inform future roles in research, policy, or practice.