Knowledge Management and Management Learning

Extending the Horizons of Knowledge-Based Management

Walter R.J. Baets - Collection Springer's Integrated Series in Information Systems

394 pages, parution le 17/08/2005

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Recently knowledge management and management learning has received considerable published coverage; however, most of this exposure is based on a rational, mechanistic view of knowledge management. Practice, on the other hand, has taught us that knowledge management and learning are extremely broad concepts with an expanding area of subfields. This rationalized and measured view of knowledge management has lead to a more technologically driven development of the field. In practice, however, this view of knowledge management has fallen short of its promise. This situation has created the need for a more encompassing approach to knowledge management. An approach that will encompass a wider domain of knowledge management topics; including topics such as, workplace learning, knowledge infrastructure, knowledge representation, innovation and learning, knowledge culture and learning, and knowledge technologies.

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. Contributing authors have written chapters that add to both the framework and the practical consequences of knowledge management. These chapters suggest many lessons learned that will find considerable use in practice. Some of these chapters include an investigation of the "do's and don'ts" virtual learning based on real-life cases, the use of design teams for group learning, the role of language and the creation of common ground between company and client, culture as a dynamic and non-linear constructed concept, innovation and knowledge management and more. The book offers an exceptional range of contributions within a developing paradigm. Within this context, the book illustrates why and how of knowledge management is important for companies.

L'auteur - Walter R.J. Baets

Walter Baets is Director of the European Centre of Knowledge Management at Euromed Marseille, and was formally a Professor of Innovation and Knowledge Management at Nyenrode University where he received the Best Teacher Award. He has published 10 books, and numerous academic articles and conference presentations. His Dutch book on which this project is based (Who sows order spawns chaos) was ranked one of the top 10 management books in the main Dutch management journal.

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About the Author
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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Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Walter R.J. Baets
Collection	Springer's Integrated Series in Information Systems
Parution	17/08/2005
Nb. de pages	394
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	815g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387258195
ISBN13	978-0-387-25819-5