Awards

• Runner-up for George R. Terry Book Award 2002
• Runner-up for George R. Terry Book Award 2002.

Overview

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the concept of Organizational Learning and related issues of knowledge in organizations. It explains its origins, current applications, and where it may be going. It provides a full account of varied disciplinary approaches, and discusses major issues in the field. With contributions from leading international experts, the book will be an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and professionals.

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Author:   Meinolf Dierkes ,  Ariane Berthoin Antal ,  Ikujiro Nonaka ,  John Child
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 5.50cm , Length: 25.70cm
Weight:   1.592kg
ISBN:  

9780198295839

ISBN 10:   0198295839
Pages:   1006
Publication Date:   02 August 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A. Berthoin Antal, M. Dierkes, J. Child, and I. Nonaka: Introduction: Finding Paths through the Handbook Part I: Insights from Major Social Science Disciplines 1: G. W. Maier, C. Prange, and L. von Rosenstiel: Psychological Perspectives on Organizational Learning 2: S. Gherardi and D. Nicolini: The Sociological Foundations of Organizational Learning 3: P. Pawlowsky: The Treatment of Organizational Learning in Management Science 4: C. Boerner, J. T. Macher and D. J. Teece: A Review and Assessment of Organizational Learning in Economic Theories 5: B. Czarniawska: Anthropology and Organizational Learning 6: J. LaPalombara: The Underestimated Contributions of Political Science to Organizational Learning 7: J. Fear: Thinking Historically about Organizational Learning Part II: External Triggers for Learning 8: L. von Rosenstiel and S. Koch: Change in Socioeconomic Values as a Trigger of Organizational Learning 9: J. Kadtler: Social Movements as Triggers for Organizational Learning 10: H. Merkens, M. Geppert, and D. Antal: Triggers of Organizational Learning during the Transformation Process in Central European Countries 11: J. Stopford: Organizational Learning as Guided Responses to Market Signals 12: M. Dierkes, L. Marz, and C. Teele: Technological Visions, Technological Development, and Organizational Learning Part III: Factors and Conditions Shaping Organizational Learning 13: J. Child and S. Heavens: The Social Constitution of Organizations and its Implications for Organizational Learning 14: W. Starbuck and B. Hedberg: How Organizations Learn from Success and Failure 15: C. Weber and A. Berthoin Antal: The Role of Time in Organizational Learning 16: K. Scherer and V. Tran: Effects of Emotions on the Process of Organizational Learning Part IV: Agents of Organizational Learning 17: V. Friedman: The Individual as Agent of Organizational Learning 18: P. Sadler: Leaders as Agents of Organizational Learning 19: R. Tainio, K. Lilja, and T. Santalainen: The Role of Boards in Facilitating or Limiting Learning in Organizations 20: A. Drinkuth, C. Riegler, and R. Wolff: Labor Unions as Agents of Organizational Learning 21: A. Berthoin Antal and C. Krebsbach-Gnath: Consultants as Agents of Organizational Learning: The importance of marginality Part V: Processes of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Creation 22: I. Nonaka, R. Toyama, and P. Byosiere: A Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation: Understanding the dynamic process of creating knowledge 23: B. Buchel and S. Raub: Media Choice and Organizational Learning 24: B. Hedberg and R. Wolff: Organizing, Learning, and Strategizing: From construction to delivery 25: J. LaPalombara: Power and Politics in Organizations: Public and private sector comparisons 26: J. Rothman and V. Friedman: Identity, Conflict, and Organizational Learning 27: A. Kieser, N. Beck, and R. Tainio: Rules and Organizational Learning: The behavioural theory approach Part V: Processes of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Global Context 28: K. Macharzina, M. J. Oesterle, and D. Brodel: Learning in Multinationals 29: J. Child: Learning Through Strategic Alliances 30: M. Lyles: Organizational Learning in International Joint Ventures 31: C. Lane: Organizational Learning in Supplier Networks 32: L. S. Tsui-Auch: Learning in Global and Local Networks: Experience of Chinese firms in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan 33: B. Hedberg and M. Holmqvist: Learning in Imaginary Organizations Part VII: Developing Learning Practices 34: V. Friedman, R. Lipshitz, and W. Overmeer: Creating Conditions for Organizational Learning 35: P. Pawlowsky, J. Foerslin, and R. Reinhardt: Practices and Tools of Organizational Learning 36: R. Reinhardt, M. Bornemann, P. Pawlowsky, and U. Schneider: Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management: Perspectives on Measuring Knowledge Part VIII: Putting Knowledge into Practice 37: I. Nonaka, P. Reinmoeller, and R. Toyama: Integrated IT Systems for Knowledge Creation 38: G. Galer and K. van der Heijden: Scenarios and their Contribution to Organizational Learning: From Practice to Theory 39: A. Berthoin Antal, U. Lenhardt, and R. Rosenbrock: Barriers to Organizational Learning 40: C. Krebsbach-Gnath: Applying Theory to Organizational Transformation 41: C. de Haen, L. S. Tsui-Auch, and M. Alexis: Multimodal Organizational Learning: From misbehaviour to good laboratory practices in the pharmaceutical industry Part IX: Conclusion 42: A. Berthoin Antal, M. Dierkes, J. Child, and I. Nonaka: Organizational Learning and Knowledge: Reflections on the dynamics of the field and challenges for the future

Reviews

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 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 This edited volume provides an exhaustive overview of cutting edge scholarship on organizational learning. David Vogel, Editor, California Management Review The handbook unites a distinguished team of international authors ... The learning approach of the editorial team has been to assimilate many disciplines, different contexts and practices. Facilitated by numerous illustrative examples, this volume is designed to prompt intellectual debate, and the development of learning practices among managers, researchers and policy makers. Organization Studies An invaluable reference volume for scholars and students concerned with the leading edge issues involved in organisational development, learning and change. Long Range Planning The editors suggest to approach the book like an oriental bazaar the bazaar provides a whole range of goods and follows its own laws . That means; look everywhere if there is something interesting. And there is. Financial Times Deutschland The book succeeds in taking the reader on a journey through the many diverse approaches, themes, issues and debates surrounding this field. European Business Forum An impressive work of scholarship and teamwork ... the Handbook is strong on theory and surveys of the literature in the field. A good number of chapters stand out as both excellent and illuminating here ... handsomely produced. Journal of General Management

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 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 This edited volume provides an exhaustive overview of cutting edge scholarship on organizational learning. David Vogel, Editor, California Management Review The handbook unites a distinguished team of international authors ... The learning approach of the editorial team has been to assimilate many disciplines, different contexts and practices. Facilitated by numerous illustrative examples, this volume is designed to prompt intellectual debate, and the development of learning practices among managers, researchers and policy makers. Organization Studies An invaluable reference volume for scholars and students concerned with the leading edge issues involved in organisational development, learning and change. Long Range Planning The editors suggest to approach the book like an oriental bazaar the bazaar provides a whole range of goods and follows its own laws . That means; look everywhere if there is something interesting. And there is. Financial Times Deutschland The book succeeds in taking the reader on a journey through the many diverse approaches, themes, issues and debates surrounding this field. European Business Forum An impressive work of scholarship and teamwork ... the Handbook is strong on theory and surveys of the literature in the field. A good number of chapters stand out as both excellent and illuminating here ... handsomely produced. Journal of General Management

'handsomely produced.' Journal of General Management 'the Handbook is strong on theory and surveys of the literature in the field. A good number of chapters stand out as both excellent and illuminating here.' Journal of General Management, Vol.27, No.2 'am impressive work of scholarship and teamwork' Journal of General Management, Vol.27, No.2

`handsomely produced.' Journal of General Management `the Handbook is strong on theory and surveys of the literature in the field. A good number of chapters stand out as both excellent and illuminating here.' Journal of General Management, Vol.27, No.2 `am impressive work of scholarship and teamwork' Journal of General Management, Vol.27, No.2

Author Information

Meinolf Dierkes is Director of the Organization and Technology Research Unit at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB). In addition, he is Professor of the Sociology of Science and Technology at the Technische Universitat, Berlin Visiting Professor at the Haas School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley and Specially Invited Research Professor at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Ariane Berthoin Antal is Program Leader in Organizational Learning at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB). Previously she served as the Founding Director of the Ashridge International Institute for Organizational Change in France. She remains an associate of Ashridge and is a visiting lecturer at the Leipzig Graduate School of Business, as well as at the Technical University of Berlin. John Child is Chair of Commerce at the University of Birmingham. During his career in both industry and academia, Professor Child has taught in the UK, Europe, Hong Kong, and China. He was appointed Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Aston University in 1973, and, in 1986 became Dean of the newly-founded Aston Business School. In 1989, he was appointed Dean and Director of the China-European Community Management Centre in Beijing, with which he had been connected since 1985. In 1991, he took up the position of Diageo Professor of Management Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is author or co-author of 16 books including Strategies of Cooperation (OUP, 1998) and The Management of International Acquisitions (OUP, forthcoming). Ikujiro Nonaka is Professor at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University, and Founding Dean of the Graduate School of Knowledge Science at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). He is a senior editor of Organization Science, an international journal of the Institute of Management Science. From 1991 to 1995, he was a research group director of the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP). Nonaka is the Xerox Distinguished Professor of Knowledge at the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley. His books include The Knowledge-Creating Company (OUP, 1995), which was awarded Best Book of the Year in Business and Management by the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, and more recently Enabling Knowledge Creation (OUP, 2000).

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