Sensemaking in Communities of Practice

ions that simplify in the interest of action. The content of the abstractions is the result of socialisation reflecting the ideology of the organisation. Since theories of action are abstractions, it could be expected that they are crude maps of the territory of action. That is why the distinction between theories-in use and espoused theories is not entirely clear. Ryle distinguishes between the knowledge that of theory and in the context of practice, the more tacit knowledge how. People move from controlled to automatic processing and are then jolted back into controlled processing when there is an interruption of theories-in–use. Once espoused theories are routinised they are transformed back into the automatic processing of theories-in-use. 150 Argyris C. 1976. Cited by Weick KE. 1995. 122. 151 Weick KE. 1995. 123. 152 Ryle G. 1949. Cited by Weick KE. 1995. 123.