Realm of Action

Realm of Action

Key: a = encoding; b = enacting; c = reproduction; d = institutionalisation.

Figure 2

When crisis arises and the need for change confronts individuals: processes of knowledge recall and anxieties management

L earning anxiet y

Strength of

Motivation Unconscious

“ TRUST for routines-

Practical consciousness predictability”

Knowledgeability

(Reflexive monitoring)

Discursive consciousness

(Rationalization of action)

Capability Survival

anxiet y

Assessment and emotional reaction

Judgement and

Trust for

abstract generalization

Accounting

Experience and observation

Testing

Realm of interaction, where the ongoing enactment of Systems of Roles, Rules, Routines

Accounting

(such as Management Accounting ) inform position-practice

for Trust

incumbents with successful/unsuccessful “experience” which enables individuals to confirm/challenge their ontology

Figure 3

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