A couple of thoughts on Reader 4

So reader 4 is a lot of information to take in and to 'gather my thoughts' on highlighted sections that I have noted in both my journal and now my blog.

Since my inquiry is primarily looking into the management side of professional dance companies and productions I found the theory of single and double loop learning interesting. Enquiring about a problem based subject to develop workplace will effectively lead to changes and I think this will be a big part of managerial processes in making improvements. Doing this through asking questions and providing new possibilities of change is likely to bring positivity to a company.

The 'espoused theory' and the idea that words we convey about our actions aren't always the same as our 'theory-in-use' (our actual actions) is another idea that I feel will be important in my inquiry. In a workplace employees don't just want to hear of progressional changes but they actually want them. The idea of delivering and not just saying is an important one.

KNOWLEDGE seems to be a key word in this reader and the concepts of each type are both what I come across in practice and what I look to learn about and improve in my inquiry:

Disciplinary knowledge:

• Boundaries of knowledge such as 'subjects' ie) 'dance' 'media' 'science' 
• Often used in university study/school/college and are specific to the course of study. 
• In my case training at school the subject and sectional discipline was dance. Rarely did we step out of this 'section'

Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary knowledge:

• More than one discipline used- wider scope of knowledge over boundaries.
• Uses ranges of theoretical perspectives and practical methodologies to solve problems
• Seen and used most often in the workplace
• For my inquiry into managerial processes behind dance professionals it involves interdisciplinary knowledge ie) the subject of dance along with education to teach and managerial skills to run a company or direct a performance.

My work as a professional is slightly more transdisciplinary. The main discipline being dance although I use other disciplines of knowledge such as acting skills (to play a character), physical knowledge (to keep myself in shape) and logical knowledge (spacing and rehearsing). Most of these I know from being taught although some like physical knowledge, I have looked into myself. For both my inquiry and possibly the future I will need to learn more managerial skills myself and hopefully through this course I can do so.