Abstract
Much of the practice studies literature, especially in a phenomenological vein, focuses on novices learning, acquiring what the master “has.” This leaves two under-theorized areas: a “life-cyle” of practitioner and practicing phases, including pre-novice and post-mastery; and forms of practice-learning across these, including that characteristic of mastery itself. In conceiving of themselves as all-knowing and then “rushing to judgment” or making “premature diagnoses,” for instance, masters seem to lose their ability to inquire. Might learning to become a master contribute to some things being “unlearned” which are key to good practicing in being a master, thereby generating problems in the practice? This chapter elucidates the characteristics of novice-learning in organizational settings of various sorts. It then frames several problems in need of further theorizing, including the changing character of practitioners’ awareness of “tools” across the practice life-cycle and the need for work-practice studies to theorize about practices entailing human “tools.”
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The emergence of novelty in organizations |
Editors | Raghu Garud, Barbara Simpson, Ann Langley, Haridimos Tsoukas |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 272-317 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780198728313 |
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Publication status | Published - 2015 |