A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Becoming a Strategy Practitioner in a Community of Practice: A Social Learning Perspective
Authors: Korin Heidi
Conference name: British Academy of Management Conference
Publishing place: Online
Publication year: 2020
Book title : British Academy of Management 2020 Conference Proceedings
ISBN: 978-0-9956413-3-4
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Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/66569223
Strategy-as-practice sees strategizing as a social practice that is multifaceted and alert to situated adaptations. Actions are adapted in context based on the competence and experience of practitioners. Therefore, strategy practitioners’ practical and social skills learned in practice affect strategizing. Learning is often seen as a cognitive endeavor; however, seeing strategizing as a social practice implies that learning is also social. This conceptual paper adopts a perspective of social learning that emphasizes participation in practice as pivotal for learning. Drawing on the theory of social learning in communities of practice, this conceptual paper proposes that social learning in strategy practice is formed around three dimensions of competence, resonating with the main concepts of the strategy-as-practice literature. Social learning through legitimate peripheral participation produces a relational, professional, and instrumental understanding, which enables strategy practitioners’ knowledgeable engagement in strategizing.
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