Abstract
Academic research activities within organizational studies are increasingly focusing
on studying networks in order to understand processes of knowledge and learning that
lead to professional knowledge development in and between organizations. In the last
decade infrastructures within organizations that enable learning are regarded as
learning communities in which the emphasis is put on social processes of learning and
the situated context in which it takes place. Those enabling infrastructures are often
conceptualized as networks through which knowledge development; knowledge
transfer and change take place (Capra, 2002; Cross, Parker, Prusak, & Borgatti, 2001;
Jackson & Temperly, 2006). When studying these networks a direct relation is made
to the construct of knowledge. In studies of organizational development and human
resource development very different paradigms, definitions and categories of
knowledge are operationalized. Different viewpoints of knowledge, often originating
from various backgrounds, are used to study knowledge processes and learning inorganizational networks. This article provides an overview of relevant literature
dealing with a variety of concepts of knowledge. Based on this overview we argue
that for successful studying knowledge processes and learning in organizational
networks a synthesis of different theories is necessary: a perspective in which
knowledge is described as being inherently connected to the network in which it is
created and fostered.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Conference of the European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning in Education and Professional Practice |
Place of Publication | Trier |
Publisher | EAPRIL |
Pages | 1-17 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | conference; Conference of the European Association for Practitioners Research on Improving Learning in Education and Professional Practice; 2009-11-18; 2009-11-20 - Duration: 18 Nov 2009 → 20 Nov 2009 |
Conference
Conference | conference; Conference of the European Association for Practitioners Research on Improving Learning in Education and Professional Practice; 2009-11-18; 2009-11-20 |
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Period | 18/11/09 → 20/11/09 |
Other | Conference of the European Association for Practitioners Research on Improving Learning in Education and Professional Practice |