Organizational Epistemology, Education and Social Theory

Autor/in	Hartley, David
Titel	Organizational Epistemology, Education and Social Theory
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 28 (2007) 2, S.195-208 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Critical Theory; Social Theories; Public Sector; Phenomenology; Constructivism (Learning); Epistemology; Organizational Change; Organizational Theories; Theory Practice Relationship; Education Work Relationship; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kritische Theorie; Gesellschaftstheorie; Öffentlicher Sektor; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Erkenntnistheorie; Organisationswandel; Organisationstheorie; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung
Abstract	Organizational learning or epistemology has emerged in order to manage the creation of knowledge and innovation within contemporary capitalism. Its insights are being applied also to the public sector. Much of the research in organizational learning has drawn upon the discipline of psychology, particularly constructivist theory. Two approaches in organizational epistemology are considered here: Nonaka's theory of knowledge creation, and Engestrom's expansive learning theory. Notwithstanding the reference to "learning," these approaches have so far had little application to schools, especially at the level of pedagogy. But there are indications that re-culturing, "workforce re-modeling" and inter-agency working are becoming more prominent within the public services in England. In these endeavours, government may come to regard organizational epistemology as an important new procedure in the management of change. Thus far, sociology has had two kinds of "relationship" with organizational epistemology: first, social phenomenology and ethnomethodology have been of practical use; and, second, critical theory objects to the near-absence of a consideration of power and ideology within the discourse of organizational epistemology. (Contains 1 note and 1 figure.) (Author).
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