scholarly journals What Is “This” a Case of? Generative Theorizing for Disruptive Times

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-258
Author(s):  
Ann Langley
Keyword(s):  
Management Theory ◽  
Intellectual Curiosity ◽  
Organization And Management

In this essay, I examine how different strands of process theorizing might be applied to the phenomenon of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering different answers to the question “What is ‘this’ a case of?” I further argue that the question “What is this a case of?” captures the spirit of intellectual curiosity that can bridge phenomena and theory, making phenomena understandable and theories meaningful for action. For me, this is what Organization and Management Theory, seen as both a discipline within the broader field of management and as a community of scholars is and should be fundamentally about.

Practice Theory

2018 ◽  
pp. 363-383
Author(s):  
Haridimos Tsoukas
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Large Majority ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Scientific Rationality ◽  
Philosophical Critique ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Over Time

The purpose of this chapter is to articulate the philosophical underpinnings of the perspective commonly known as “practice theory.” The latter originates and has grown out from the long-standing philosophical critique of the logic of scientific rationality, which underlies a large majority of theories within organization and management theory, and social science more generally. Practice theory aims to capture the basic understandings manifested in how actors and materials are entwined in a relational whole over time. Seeing actors as embedded in practices orients researchers to explore how actors follow rules and handle their experiences in enacting the practices they partake in. This chapter explores the philosophical underpinnings of practice theory, with a particular focus on Wittgenstein and Heidegger, and distinguishes three approaches to the study of practice: commonsensical theories, general theories, and domain-specific theories.

scholarly journals Organization and Management: Theory and Practice

1956 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 230
Author(s):  
John M. Pfiffner ◽  
Catheryn Seckler-Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Organization And Management

The Efficiency Paradox in Organization and Management Theory

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (1) ◽  
pp. 10958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Schaefer ◽  
Christopher Wickert
Keyword(s):  
Management Theory ◽  
Organization And Management
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