Learning and Forgetting in Development Ngos - Insights From Organisational Theory

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Categorising learning in development: Towards organisational institutionalism 3. Learning as a search for a shared meaning for empowerment 4. Learning as change in organisational epistemology 5. Unlearning, forgetting and ignorance 6. Learning as legitimation and synchronisation 7. Conclusions

About the author

Tiina Kontinen is an Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Summary

Tackling Amnesia in Development NGOs draws on a range of theoretical approaches and rich empirical evidence to explore how development organizations learn, or fail to learn, from experience. Despite the overwhelming discourses of NGOs as learning organizations, little is known about the phenomenon of learning within NGOs and s

Product details

• Authors: Tiina Kontinen, Tiina (University of Jyvaskyla Kontinen, Kontinen Tiina
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367666361
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66636-1
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Organizational theory & behaviour, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Development Studies, Organizational theory and behaviour, Public ownership / nationalization