Organizations as Knowledge Systems

HARIDIMOS TSOUKAS has research and teaching interests in the areas of organizational behavior and The Management of Change. He has taught at Manchester Business School, Warwick Business School and the University of Cyprus. His research has been published in several leading academic journals and he has edited four books, including the Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory. He is Editor-in-Chief of Organization Studies and editorial board member of several leading journals. - NICOS MYLONOPOULOS has taught at Loughborough University Business School, Birkbeck College, The Athens University of Economics and Business and the Bourdeaux School of Management in France. His work in information systems and electronic business has been published in international journals and he is co-editor of the International Journal of Information Technology Education.

'The highly challenging and fundamental frame-setting beginning of the book ...is reflected in most of the chapters...They are more conceptual and prescriptive in nature than empirical, and the empirical examples provided are...explorative and experience-driven in nature. This provides us with a number of fresh and interesting insights on organizational knowledge, learning and capabilites.' - Organization Studies

• Introduction: What does it Mean to View Organizations as Knowledge Systems?; H.Tsoukas & N. Mylonopoulos PART ONE: ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING Double-loop Learning and Implementable Validity; C.Argyris The Emergence of Learning Communities; A Theoretical Analysis; I.Bogenrieder & B.Nooteboom Communitites of Practice: Facilitating Social Learning while Frustrating Organizational Learning; M.Huysman Knowing as Semiosis: Steps Towards a Reconceptualization of Tacit Knowledge; S.Gourlay PART TWO: SHARING AND MANAGING DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE Knowledge Creation in Open Source Software Development; S.Haefliger & G.Von Krogh The Implications of Different Models of Social Relations for Understanding Knowledge Sharing; N-I.Boer, PJ.Van Baalen & K.Kumar A Knowledge Sharing Approach to Organizational Change; L.Treleaven Knowing as an Activity: Implications for the Film Industry and Semi-permanent Work Groups; M.Daskalaki & H.Blair PART THREE: ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES Knowledge Creation and Organizational Capabilities of Innovating and Immitating Firms; A.Lewin & S.Massini Edith Penrose's Organizational Theory of the Firm; C.Pitelis The Role of Knowledge Quality in Firm Performance; C.Woo, T.Devinney & D.Midgley Making Sense of CRM Strategies in a Technology-driven World; V.Anyfioti, S.Dutta & T.Evgeniou