Recently, knowledge management and management learning have received considerable published coverage; however, most of this exposure is based on a rational, mechanistic view of knowledge management. Practice, on the other hand, has taught us that knowledge management and learning are extremely broad concepts with an expanding area of subfields. This book takes a more encompassing approach to knowledge management, covering a wider domain of knowledge management topics, including workplace learning, knowledge infrastructure, knowledge representation, innovation and learning, knowledge culture and learning, and knowledge technologies.

An examination of a wide range of topical considerations in knowledge management by utilizing dynamic and non-linear systems behavior from the complexity paradigm Offers a broader approach to knowledge management that encompasses a wider domain of knowledge management topics; including topics such as, workplace learning, knowledge infrastructure, knowledge representation, innovation and learning, knowledge culture and learning, and knowledge technologies Many of the book's chapters have been pulled from "real world" situations in actual companies; and therefore, these topical treatments reflect quantitative and qualitative research done within the knowledge management framework of actual company experience

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Application domains.- Complexity: An Emergent Organisational Paradigm in the Knowledge Based Economy.- The Epistemology of Knowledge.- The Complexity Paradigm for a Networked Economy.- Knowledge Management and Management Learning: What Computers Can Still Do.- Supporting Technologies for Knowledge Management.- Learning and Interaction via ICT Tools for the Benefit of Knowledge Management.- Seducing, Engaging and Supporting Communities at Achmea.- Virtual Learner-Centred Solutions for Management Education and Training.- A Symbiosis of Learning and Work-Practice.- Facilitating Learning from Design.- Cultural Complexity: A New Epistemological Perspective.- Dialogues are the Bread and Butter of the Organization's Knowledge Exchange.- The Influence of Knowledge Structures on the Usability of Knowledge Systems.- The Role of Contextuality in Process Standardization.- Emergent Learning Processes in Innovation Projects.- The Dynamics of Learning and Innovation.- Knowledge Management at Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes R&D:Improving Knowledge Creation Ability.