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Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge

 

 

Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge

by Meinolf Dierkes (ed) et al. 

2001 (979 pages)

ISBN:0198295839

This comprehensive resource examines all the intricacies of organizational learning, and its path for the future.

 

 

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Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge

 

Preface

Introduction—Finding Paths through the Handbook

Part I - INSIGHTS FROM MAJOR SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES

Chapter 1

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Psychological Perspectives of Organizational Learning

Chapter 2

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The Sociological Foundations of Organizational Learning

Chapter 3

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The Treatment of Organizational Learning in Management Science

Chapter 4

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A Review and Assessment of Organizational Learning in Economic Theories

Chapter 5

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Anthropology and Organizational Learning

Chapter 6

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The Underestimated Contributions of Political Science to Organizational Learning

Chapter 7

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Thinking Historically about Organizational Learning

Part II - EXTERNAL TRIGGERS FOR LEARNING

Chapter 8

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Change in Socioeconomic Values as a Trigger of Organizational Learning

Chapter 9

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Social Movements and Interest Groups as Triggers for Organizational Learning

Chapter 10

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Triggers of Organizational Learning during the Transformation Process in Central European Countries

Chapter 11

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Organizational Learning as Guided Responses to Market Signals

Chapter 12

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Technological Visions, Technological Development, and Organizational Learning

Part III - FACTORS AND CONDITIONS SHAPING ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING

Chapter 13

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The Social Constitution of Organizations and its Implications for Organizational Learning

Chapter 14

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How Organizations Learn from Success and Failure

Chapter 15

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The Role of Time in Organizational Learning

Chapter 16

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Effects of Emotion on the Process of Organizational Learning

Part IV - AGENTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING

Chapter 17

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The Individual as Agent of Organizational Learning

Chapter 18

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Leadership and Organizational Learning

Chapter 19

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The Role of Boards in Facilitating or Limiting Learning in Organizations

Chapter 20

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Labor Unions as Learning Organizations and Learning Facilitators

Chapter 21

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Consultants as Agents of Organizational Learning—The Importance of Marginality

Part V - PROCESSES OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE Creation

Chapter 22

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A Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation—Understanding the Dynamic Process of Creating Knowledge

Chapter 23

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Media Choice and Organizational Learning

Chapter 24

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Organizing, Learning, and Strategizing—From Construction to Discovery

Chapter 25

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Power and Politics in Organizations—Public and Private Sector Comparisons

Chapter 26

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Identity, Conflict, and Organizational Learning

Chapter 27

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Rules and Organizational Learning—The Behavioral Theory Approach

Part VI - INTERORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

Chapter 28

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Learning in Multinationals

Chapter 29

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Learning Through Strategic Alliances

Chapter 30

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Organizational Learning in International Joint Ventures—The Case of Hungary

Chapter 31

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Organizational Learning in Supplier Networks

Chapter 32

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Learning in Global and Local Networks—Experience of Chinese Firms in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan

Chapter 33

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Learning in Imaginary Organizations

Part VII - DEVELOPING LEARNING PRACTICES

Chapter 34

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Creating Conditions for Organizational Learning

Chapter 35

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Practices and Tools of Organizational Learning

 

Chapter 36

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Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management—Perspectives on Measuring Knowledge

Part VIII - PUTTING LEARNING INTO PRACTICE

Chapter 37

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Integrated Information Technology Systems for Knowledge Creation

Chapter 38

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Scenarios and Their Contribution to Organizational Learning—From Practice to Theory

Chapter 39

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Barriers to Organizational Learning

Chapter 40

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Applying Theory to Organizational Transformation

Chapter 41

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Multimodal Organizational Learning—From Misbehavior to Good Laboratory Practice in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Part IX - CONCLUSION

Chapter 42

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Organizational Learning and Knowledge—Reflections on the Dynamics of the Field and Challenges for the Future