Knowledge and Practice in Business and Organisations

Knowledge and Practice in Business and Organisations contributes to scholarly understanding of knowledge and practice, mapping the conceptual terrain, providing a critical review of debates in the field and setting out key theoretical perspectives. Knowledge and practice are explored in a range of organisational and policy settings through six context-specific discussions. The collection helps shape the field, identify areas for future research inquiry, and suggest implications for practitioners.

The range of sites of inquiry represented in the book (e.g. craft working, accounting, public sector organisations, creative industries, health care, and so on) make the book distinctive, enabling the reader to connect debates and ideas from across a range of sectors and disciplines. The book charts different currents of debate which have hitherto tended to remain unconnected.

In one accessible volume, this book provides an excellent introduction to a set of concepts that have animated scholarly conversations across a range of disciplines and provides cases and examples of practices which come from beyond any one particular sector. Aimed at researchers and academics in the field, this book is valuable source, helping define and progress the scholarly debate.

Kevin Orr is Professor of Management and Head of the School of Management at the University of St Andrews, UK.

Rod Bain is a Lecturer at the School of Management, University of St Andrews, UK and a PhD Candidate specialising in sustainability issues and grass roots activism..

Bonnie Hacking is Enterprise Adviser in the University of St Andrews Careers Centre, a Director of Enterprise Educators UK, and a member of the Knowledge and Practice group, School of Management, University of St Andrews, UK.

Clare Moran is Policy Fellowships Coordinator, Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge UK. She is affiliated to the Research Unit for Research Utilisation, University of St Andrews, UK.

Sandra Nutley is Professor of Public Policy and Management, and Co-Director of the Research Unit for Research Utilisation (RURU), University of St Andrews, UK.

Shona Russell is Lecturer in Knowledge and Practice at the School of Management, University of St Andrews, UK.