Description:
In an era of far-reaching changes, organizational learning and knowledge creation are high on the agenda of social scientists, managers, and consultants worldwide as they seek to adapt to new environments. The Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge provides a comprehensive overview of how the concept of organizational learning emerged, how it has been used and debat...
Description:
In an era of far-reaching changes, organizational learning and knowledge creation are high on the agenda of social scientists, managers, and consultants worldwide as they seek to adapt to new environments. The Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge provides a comprehensive overview of how the concept of organizational learning emerged, how it has been used and debated, and where it may be going. It summarizes the state of the art and provides a full account of the diverse approaches, themes, issues, and debates of the field. The handbook unites a distinguished team of international authors, who examine both the central themes and key emerging issues. The coverage extends beyond the American tradition to include the experiences of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The book opens with chapters drawing insights from various social science approaches. The following sections examine fundamental issues concerning the external triggers, factors and conditions, agents, and processes of organizational learning. Subsequent chapters review the subject within a global context, looking in particular at processes of interorganizational learning and knowledge transfer. The next sections examine the development of learning practices and provide case studies to illustrate organizational learning and knowledge creation. The book concludes with an analysis of the state of the art and an agenda for the future. This handbook will be an invaluable reference tool for scholars and students in the social sciences, as well as for professional involved in organizational development, learning, and change.
Review:
Finalist for the 2002 Terry Book Award, Academy of Management.' An excellent and monumental volume edited by a distinguished group of scholars' Professor Walter Nord, Chairman, Terry Book Award Committee For knowledge-based societies like ours, this Handbook is an invaluable and stimulating resource. Volker Hauff, Member of the Board, BearingPoint GmbH, and former German Federal Minister of Research and Technology This edited volume provides an exhaustive overview of cutting edge scholarship on organizational learning. David Vogel, Editor, California Management Review 'A very comprehensive tool for students of organizational behaviour in business schools and companies around the world.' Jeffrey Garten, Dean, Yale University School of Management
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Finding Paths through the Handbook; PART I: INSIGHTS FROM MAJOR SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; 1. Psychological Perspectives of Organizational Learning; 2. The Sociological Foundations of Organizational Learning; 3. The Treatment of Organizational Learning in Management Science; 4. A Review and Assessment of Organizational Learning in Economic Theories; 5. Anthropology and Organizational Learning; 6. The Underestimated Contributions of Political Science to Organizational Learning; 7. Thinking Historically about Organizational Learning; PART II: EXTERNAL TRIGGERS FOR LEARNING; 8. Change in Socioeconomic Values as a Trigger of Organizational Learning; 9. Social Movements and Interest Groups as Triggers for Organizational Learning; 10. Triggers of Organizational Learning during the Transformation Process in Central European Countries; 11. Organizational Learning as Guided Responses to Market Signals; 12. Technological Visions, Technological Development, and Organizational Learning; PART III: FACTORS AND CONDITIONS SHAPING ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; 13. The Social Constitution of Organizations and its Implications for Organizational Learning; 14. How Organizations Learn from Success and Failure; 15. The Role of Time in Organizational Learning; 16. Effects of Emotions on the Process of Organizational Learning; PART IV: AGENTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; 17. The Individual as Agent of Organizational Learning; 18. Leadership and Organizational Learning; 19. The Role of Boards in Facilitating or Limiting Learning in Organizations; 20. Labor Unions as Learning Organizations and Learning Facilitators; 21. Consultants as Agents of Organizational Learning: The importance of marginality; PART V: PROCESSES OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE CREATION; 22. A Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation: Understanding the dynamic process of creating knowledge; 23. Media Choice and Organizational Learning; 24. Organizing, Learning, and Strategizing: From construction to delivery; 25. Power and Politics in Organizations: Public and private sector comparisons; 26. Identity, Conflict, and Organizational Learning; 27. Rules and Organizational Learning: The behavioural theory approach; PART VI: INTERORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT; 28. Learning in Multinationals; 29. Learning Through Strategic Alliances; 30. Organizational Learning in International Joint Ventures: The case of Hungary; 31. Organizational Learning in Supplier Networks; 32. Learning in Global and Local Networks: Experience of Chinese firms in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan; 33. Learning in Imaginary Organizations; PART VII: DEVELOPING LEARNING PRACTICES; 34. Creating Conditions for Organizational Learning; 35. Practices and Tools of Organizational Learning; 36. Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management: Perspectives on measuring knowledge; PART VIII: PUTTING LEARNING INTO PRACTICE; 37. Integrated Information Technology Systems for Knowledge Creation; 38. Scenarios and Their Contribution to Organizational Learning: From practice to theory; 39. Barriers to Organizational Learning; 40. Applying Theory to Organizational Transformation; 41. Multimodal Organizational Learning: From misbehaviour to good laboratory practice in the pharmaceutical industry; PART IX: CONCLUSION; 42. Organizational Learning and Knowledge: Reflections on the dynamics of the field and challenges for the future