Phronetic improvisation: A virtue ethics perspective

Traditional approaches to organizational improvisation treat it as a merely functional response environmental constrains and unforeseen disruptions, neglecting its moral dimension, especially the valued ends improvisers aim achieve. We attempt address this gap by drawing on virtue ethics. In particular, we explore how phronetic is accomplished diary of an emergency-room physician, in which she describes her (and colleagues’) experience dealing with Covid-19 New York Hospital, during first spike March–April 2020. argue that insofar practitioners actively care for their practice. seek phronetically fulfil internal goods practice, while complying institutional demands, context coping situational exigencies. Phronetic involves paying attention what salient situation at hand, informed open-ended commitment constrained scarce resources, driven willingness meet stake through adapting general knowledge demands. Such inventive process may involve reshaping original light important constrains.