Managing Knowledge

Using both established as well as more recent modes of inquiry, this book sheds new light on an increasingly important dimension of organizational cooperation and competition - that of knowledge and knowledge transfer. Based on research and practice, the book addresses a wide range of issues concerning the management of knowledge, from knowledge transfer between organizations to knowledge management within organizations.

Divided into two parts, Managing Knowledge reflects a fundamental conceptual distinction between two world-views. The first part is characterized by representationism, or traditional approaches to viewing knowledge, knowledge transfer and cooperative strategies. The contributors provide a clear overview of the current research on knowledge management, and bring together studies on the sociology of knowledge, strategic management and learning theory. The second part focuses on anti-representationism, or new perspectives on knowledge and knowledge transfer in organizational cooperation. These perspectives, based on autopoiesis theory, go far beyond conventional ways of perceiving and managing knowledge and their implications for management theory and practice are fully examined.

Inhalt
Introduction - Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos
PART ONE: REPRESENTATIONISM: TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO VIEWING KNOWLEDGE, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES
Representationism - John Harald Aadne, Georg von Krogh, Johan Roos
The Traditional Approach to Cooperative Strategies
Imitation of Knowledge - Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos
A Sociology of Knowledge Perspective
Towards a Theory of Knowledge Transfer in a Cooperative Context - Ken Wathne, Johan Roos and Georg von Krogh
The Impact of Individual and Organizational Learning on Formation and Management of Organizational Cooperation - Marjorie Lyles, Georg von Krogh, Johan Roos and Dirk Kleine
Arguments on Knowledge and Competence - Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos
Knowledge-Based Strategic Change - Thorvald H[di]aerem, Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos
Restructuring - Georg von Krogh, Johan Roos and Thorvald H[di]aerem
Avoiding the Phantom Limb Effect
PART TWO: ANTI-REPRESENTATIONISM: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN ORGANIZATIONAL COOPERATION
An Essay on Corporate Epistemology - Georg von Krogh, Johan Roos and Ken Slocum
Knowledge Creation through Cooperative Experimentation - Salvatore Vicari, Georg von Krogh, Johan Roos and Volker Mahnke
A Note on the Epistemology of Globalizing Firms - Georg von Krogh, Johan Roos and Georg Yip
Conversation Management for Knowledge Development - Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos
Afterword - Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos
An Agenda for Practice and Future Research