The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations

10 Practising strategizing Novelty as a leap of faith expanding learning and improvising

Elena P. Antonacopoulou

DOI: 10.4324/9781003171768-13

Introduction

This chapter contributes to our understanding of organizational improvisation by presenting empirical insights that reveal the dynamism of practising a management practice. This focus responds to calls to extend accounts that focus on extemporaneity, novelty, and intentionality as critical characteristics (Cunha et al., 2016). It embeds improvisation in everyday practice, beyond high-stake events (e.g., climbing Mount Everest, Suarez & Montes, 2019), start-up life (O'Toole et al., 2021), team performance (Abrantes et al., 2018), or new product development (Miner et al., 2001). We focus ...