Organizational Knowledge : The Texture of Workplace Learning

Gherardi, Silvia; Nicolini, Davide (COL)

ISBN 10: 1405125594 / ISBN 13: 9781405125598

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Organizational Knowledge : The Texture of Workplace Learning
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405125594
• ISBN 13: 9781405125598
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of practice-based organizational learning and knowing.

• Based on the author's detailed study of safety practices in different corporate settings.
• The author uses this study to empirically describe how learning, knowing and organizing are practised.
• Centred on the concepts of "knowing in practice" and the "texture" of organizational knowledge.
• Gives a rich account of how organizations learn and how corporate practices and policies evolve.

About the Author

Silvia Gherardi is Professor of Organization and Management at the University of Trento, Italy.