Knowledge Management And Management Learning

by Baets, Walter R. J.

• ISBN13: 9780387258195
• ISBN10: 0387258191
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Knowledge Management and Management Learning: Extending the Horizons of Knowledge-Based Management examines a range of topical considerations in the field by utilizing dynamic and non-linear systems behavior or the complexity paradigm. From this examination have come a number of new and promising relevant extensions to knowledge management and its practice. Many of the topics have been pulled from "real world" situations in actual companies, and therefore these topical treatments reflect quantitative and qualitative research done within the knowledge management framework of actual company experience. Offered are a series of topical treatments that extend the parameters of knowledge management and examine the practical implications of these extensions.The book begins with an extended introduction and theoretical framework. The contributing authors have written chapters that add to both the framework and the practical consequences of knowledge management. Within this context, the book illustrates why and how of knowledge management is important for companies.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Complexity: an emergent organisational paradigm in the knowledge based economy

The epistemology of knowledge

The complexity paradigm for a networked economy

Knowledge management and management learning: what computers can still do

Supporting technologies for knowledge management

Learning and interaction via ICT tools for the benefit of knowledge management

Seducing, engaging and supporting communities at Achmea

Virtual learner-centered solutions for management education and training

A symbiosis of learning and work-practice

Facilitating learning from design

Cultural complexity: a new epistemological perspective

Dialogues are the bread and butter of the organization's knowledge exchange

The influence of knowledge structures on the usability of knowledge systems

The role of contextuality in process standardization

Emergent learning processes in innovation projects

The dynamics of learning and innovation

Knowledge management at Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes R&D: improving knowledge creation ability

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