Learning/becoming/organizing

Clegg, SR; Kornberger, M; Rhodes, C

Learning/becoming/organizing

Clegg, SR

Kornberger, M Rhodes, C

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Organization, 2005, 12 (2), pp. 147 - 167
Issue Date:: 2005-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Clegg, SR https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kornberger, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rhodes, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6571-2872	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Organization, 2005, 12 (2), pp. 147 - 167	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1350-5084	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5224
dc.description.abstract	In this paper we rethink and reframe organizational learning in terms of organizational becoming. We see these concepts as two mutually implicating ways of exploring and simultaneously constituting the phenomena of organization. Bearing in mind that the understanding of organization is simultaneously a question of the organization of understanding, we reflect on the complex interrelation between thinking and organizing. In order to connect the processes of learning and becoming, we consider the concept of organization as space in between order and chaos. We propose a perspective that sees learning not as something that is done to organizations, or as something that an organization does; rather, learning and organizing are seen as mutually constitutive and unstable, yet pragmatic, constructs that might enable a dynamic appreciation of organizational life. Further, we argue that the becoming that is in organizing implies a permanent non-rational movement such that organization can never be rationally defined. copyright © 2005 sage.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Organization	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1350508405051186	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	Learning/becoming/organizing	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	12	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services	en_US
utslib.for	16 Studies in Human Society	en_US
utslib.for	22 Philosophy and Religious Studies	en_US
dc.location.activity	Glasgow Caledonian University
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	12	en_US

Abstract:

In this paper we rethink and reframe organizational learning in terms of organizational becoming. We see these concepts as two mutually implicating ways of exploring and simultaneously constituting the phenomena of organization. Bearing in mind that the understanding of organization is simultaneously a question of the organization of understanding, we reflect on the complex interrelation between thinking and organizing. In order to connect the processes of learning and becoming, we consider the concept of organization as space in between order and chaos. We propose a perspective that sees learning not as something that is done to organizations, or as something that an organization does; rather, learning and organizing are seen as mutually constitutive and unstable, yet pragmatic, constructs that might enable a dynamic appreciation of organizational life. Further, we argue that the becoming that is in organizing implies a permanent non-rational movement such that organization can never be rationally defined. copyright © 2005 sage.

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