Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198295820 ISBN 13: 9780198295822

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Meinolf Dierkes is Director of the Research Unit on Organization and Technology at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (Social Science Research Centre, Berlin), and Professor at the Technical University of Berlin. Ariane Berthoin Antal is Program Leader for Organizational
Learning in the Research Unit on Organization and Technology at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (Social Science Research Centre, Berlin), and Visiting Professor at Henley Management College. John Child is Professor of Commerce at the University of Birmingham. Ilujiro Nonaka is
Professor at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi, Tokyo.

Review:

`Review from previous edition Handsomely produced'
Journal of General Management, Vol.27, No.2

`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

`An impressive work of scholarship and teamwork'
Journal of General Management, Vol.27, No.2

`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

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0198295820
• ISBN 13: 9780198295822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1008
• Editor: Dierkes Meinolf, Antal Ariane Berthoin, Child John, Nonaka Ikujiro