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Zusatztext Review from previous edition Review from previous edition An eloquent, timely, and scholarly study of knowing in the context of organizing. ... This is not yet another static and inert treatment of organizational knowledge where knowledge is portrayed as a simple commodity ... Rather we have here a processual treatment of knowing in its organizational context, where the core questions are about how knowledge is created, utilized, legitimated, and institutionalized Informationen zum Autor Gerardo Patriotta received his Ph.D. in Business Studies from the University of Warwick. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour, Nottingham University Business School. He has held previous appointments at the Theseus Institute (France), the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, Warwick Business School, and the University of Bologna. His research interests include knowledge management and organizational learning; the study of institution building processes in organizations; organizational sensemaking; technology and organization. Klappentext This book deals with the processes by which organizations create! use! and retain knowledge on a day-to-day basis. It provides a critical review of the concepts! debates! and assumptions underpinning existing perspectives on organizational knowledge! and suggests a new vocabulary for understanding knowledge-oriented phenomena in organizations. The book invites scholars! managers! and practitioners to reflect upon the repertoire of knowledge they possess and yet cannot articulate. Zusammenfassung This book deals with the processes by which organizations create, use, and retain knowledge on a day-to-day basis. It provides a critical review of the concepts, debates, and assumptions underpinning existing perspectives on organizational knowledge, and suggests a new vocabulary for understanding knowledge-oriented phenomena in organizations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Epistemological Foundations 1: Introduction 2: Knowing and Organizing 3: Studying Organizational Knowledge Part Two: Organizational Knowledge in Action 4: Tradition and Innovation at Fiat Auto 5: Knowledge-in-the-Making: The 'Construction' of Fiat Melfi's Factory 6: Breakdowns and Bottlenecks: Capturing the Learning Dynamics on the Assembly Line 7: Sense Making on the Shop Floor: The Narrative Dimension of Organizational Knowledge Part Three: Building a Theory of Knowledge in Organizations 8: Action, Content, and Time: A Processual Model of Knowing and Organizing 9: Re-thinking Knowledge in Organizations ...
