Despite its development as a scientific field in the last 70 years, characterized by the plurality of epistemological and methodological approaches, it is possible to argue that Organizational Studies gradually distanced himself from what people actually do in the doing of work and consequently focused on theorizing and modeling organizations in a abstract way. In order to reverse this trend, it can be argued that there is in the field an attempt to reground our studies of organizational practices in terms of phenomena that are actually done. This concern brings considerable epistemological issues that were not still discussed sufficiently. Assuming the importance of this practice turn and the relevance of Theodore Schatzki´s contributions to deal with these issues, this paper contributes to the understanding of practices in organizations discussing what practices are, how they are organized, what material arrangements are and what would the organizations be in this approach
Social Practices; Organizing; Organization Studies