Organizational Knowledge in the Making [electronic resource] : How Firms Create, Use and Institutionalize Knowledge
Patriotta, Gerardo.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2003.
Dealing with the processes by which organizations create, use and retain knowledge on a day-to-day basis, this work provides a critical review of the concepts, debates, and assumptions underpinning existing perspectives on organizational knowledge.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 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's Melfi 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, Context, and Time: A Processual Model of Knowing and Organizing9 Re-thinking Knowledge in Organizations; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Dealing with the processes by which organizations create, use and retain knowledge on a day-to-day basis, this work provides a critical review of the concepts, debates, and assumptions underpinning existing perspectives on organizational knowledge.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fiat (Firm)
Fiat (Firm).
Knowledge management.
Organizational learning -- Management.
Management
Business & Economics
Management Theory