Knowing in Organizations. A Practice-Based Approach

This groundbreaking book explores the relationship among knowing, learning, and practice in the development of organizational knowledge. The contributors to this volume focus on organizational learning as a collective, social, and not entirely cognitive activity. They present the view that organizational knowledge cannot be conceived as a mental process residing in members' heads but, rather, as a form of social expertise, in which learning is situated in the historical, social, and cultural context in which it takes place.
The contributing authors represent a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds (including management, IT/collaborative technology, sociology, psychology, and political science) and research traditions (symbolic interaction, activity theory, and actor network theory). The result is a fresh, authoritative, and challenging look at the changing field of organizational learning.