Improvisation in the learning organization
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Texto Completo: | https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-07-2018-0126 |
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Improvisation in the learning organizationa defense of the infra-ordinaryImprovisationInfra-ordinaryLearning organizationsEducationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementThis work was funded by National Funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia under the project Ref. UID/ECO/00124/2013 and by POR Lisboa under the project LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-007722.Purpose: This paper aims to describe the hidden presence of improvisation in organizations. The authors explore this presence through George Perec’s notion of the infra-ordinary applied to the study of the learning organization and its paradoxes. Design/methodology/approach: Most studies of paradox and improvisation are qualitative and inductive. In this conceptual paper, the authors offer a conceptual debate aiming to redirect conceptual attention on studies belonging to the domains of learning, improvisation and paradox. Findings: The authors defend the thesis that improvisation is an example of a paradoxical practice that belongs to the domain of infra-ordinary rather than, as has been habitually assumed in extant research, the extraordinary. Research limitations/implications: The study draws research attention to the potential of the infra-ordinary in the domains of paradox, improvisation and learning. Practical implications: For practice, the study shows that improvisation can be a relatively trivial organizational practice as people try to solve problems in their everyday lives. Social implications: Most organizations depend upon the capacity of their members to solve problems as these emerge. Yet, organization theory has failed to consider this dimension. As a result, organizations may be unintentionally harming their capacity to learn and adapt to environments by assuming that improvisation is extra-ordinary. Originality/value: The study of paradox and improvisation from an infra-ordinary perspective has not been explicitly attempted.NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)RUNCunha, Miguel Pina eClegg, Stewart2019-10-28T23:42:02Z2019-04-082019-04-08T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-07-2018-0126eng0969-6474PURE: 11416089http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060095938&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-07-2018-0126info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:38:26Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/85719Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:36:37.448143Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Improvisation in the learning organization a defense of the infra-ordinary |
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Improvisation in the learning organization |
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Improvisation in the learning organization Cunha, Miguel Pina e Improvisation Infra-ordinary Learning organizations Education Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
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Improvisation in the learning organization |
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Improvisation in the learning organization |
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Improvisation in the learning organization |
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Improvisation in the learning organization |
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Improvisation in the learning organization |
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Cunha, Miguel Pina e |
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Cunha, Miguel Pina e Clegg, Stewart |
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Clegg, Stewart |
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NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE) RUN |
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Cunha, Miguel Pina e Clegg, Stewart |
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Improvisation Infra-ordinary Learning organizations Education Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
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Improvisation Infra-ordinary Learning organizations Education Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
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This work was funded by National Funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia under the project Ref. UID/ECO/00124/2013 and by POR Lisboa under the project LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-007722. |
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