Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management: Whence and Whither?

Draws together theorizing in learning, organization and management studies in order to consider the nature of the problems by which the practice of knowledge management is animated. Though in places propositional, the points being made remain deliberately suggestive insofar as they invoke a wide-ran...

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Published in:Management learning 2008-04, Vol.39 (2), p.159-176
Main Author: Spender, J.-C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Knowledge management
Learning
Meaning
Organization
Organization theory
Organizational learning
Practice
Studies
Uncertainty
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Summary:Draws together theorizing in learning, organization and management studies in order to consider the nature of the problems by which the practice of knowledge management is animated. Though in places propositional, the points being made remain deliberately suggestive insofar as they invoke a wide-ranging past to consider what might be probable futures. The conclusion invokes a return to the past, in suggesting that the potential for knowledge management lies with its returning to a time when theorizing was grounded in what we now choose to ignore, namely managers' experiences and practices as they use their imagination in wealth-creating activity.
ISSN:1350-5076
1461-7307
DOI:10.1177/1350507607087582