THE NETWORK PERSPECTIVE TO ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING — A COMPARISON OF TWO COMPANIES

Marko Pahor (), Miha Škerlavaj and Vlado Dimovski
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Miha Škerlavaj: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Kardeljeva ploščad 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Chapter 6 in Knowledge Management:Innovation, Technology and Cultures, 2007, pp 65-79 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractHigher level organizational learning contributes to organizational performance. One research question that remains inadequately explained is how does learning within organizations occur? Can it be explained using the acquisition or participation perspectives? Or is there a need for some other view? This contribution tests the concept of the Network perspective to the organizational learning on the cases of a software and a manufacturing company. The social network analysis (SNA) of a learning network within the company offers support for such a perspective. Learning needs to be seen as both participation in communities of practice and a flow of previously acquired knowledge.

Keywords: Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Discovery; KM Tools and Technologies; Communication and Organization Culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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