Clancey, William J. (1995) Practice cannot be reduced to theory: Knowledge, representations, and change in the workplace. [Book Chapter]
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Abstract
Changing views of the nature of human knowledge change how we design organizations, facilities, and technology to promote learning: Learning is not transfer; using a plan is not executing a program; explanation is not reciting rules from memory. Such rationalist views of knowledge inhibit change and stifle innovate uses of technology. Representations of work (plans, policies, procedures) and their meaning develop in work itself. Representations guide, but do not strictly control human behavior. Every perception and action involves new, nonlinguistic conceptualizations that reground organizational goals and values. This essay explores how the epistemology of situated cognition guides business redesign.
Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | practice, anthropology, knowledge level, organizational learning, representations, organizational change, soci-technical systems, corporate memory, situated cognition |
Subjects: | Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence Philosophy > Epistemology Philosophy > Metaphysics Psychology > Social Psychology |
ID Code: | 322 |
Deposited By: | Clancey, Bill |
Deposited On: | 16 Jun 1998 |
Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2011 08:53 |
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