Practice Theory

question 62

Multiple Choice

Practice theory

• A) focuses on how individuals, through their actions and practices, influence and transform the world they live in.
• B) was popularized by Margaret Mead in the 1940s.
• C) is the only theoretical paradigm to effectively solve the "culture-individual" problem.
• D) actually shares the same deterministic assumptions of earlier theoretical paradigms.
• E) explains social phenomena only in nonindustrial societies.

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Definitions:

Organizational Change

Organizational change refers to the process through which a company or organization goes through a transition to achieve a desired state, improve processes, technologies, or organizational structure.

New Norms

Emerging standards or practices that become accepted within a society or organization.

Organizational Learning

The capacity of an organization to acquire, apply, and transfer knowledge to improve its performance over time.

Double-Loop Learning

A learning process where errors are corrected by reevaluating and modifying the underlying norms, policies, and objectives that led to the errors, in contrast to single-loop learning which focuses only on fixing the errors themselves.