Knowledge Production in Organizations : A Processual Autopoietic View

Online-Ressource (XIX, 172 p. 7 illus, digital)

Includes bibliographic references and index

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Author; Chapter 1: Processual Autopoietic Knowledge Production in Organizations; 1.1 Keywords of the Book; 1.2 Structure of the Book; Chapter 2: Organization; 2.1 Contingency Theory; 2.2 Contemporary Lenses and Postmodernism; 2.3 Summary; Chapter 3: Systemic View and Systems Thinking; 3.1 Systems Theory and Systems; 3.1.1 Complexity in Systems; 3.1.2 Open and Closed Systems; 3.1.3 Boundaries of Systems; 3.1.4 Cybernetics and Feedback Loops; 3.1.5 System Dynamics and Causality; 3.1.6 Systems Research

3.2 Firm as a System3.3 Summary; Chapter 4: Autopoiesis; 4.1 Autopoietic Systems; 4.1.1 Organization and Structure; 4.1.2 Operational Closure and Self-Reference; 4.1.3 Boundaries of Autopoietic Systems; 4.1.4 Structural Determinism and Coupling; 4.1.5 Autonomy; 4.1.6 Observing; 4.2 Organizational Autopoiesis; 4.3 Summary; Chapter 5: Process Perspective; 5.1 Process Thinking; 5.1.1 Work Organizations; 5.1.2 Technologies; 5.1.3 Productive Cooperation; 5.1.4 Employment; 5.2 Organizational Change; 5.3 Atomistic View; 5.4 Potentiality and Actuality; 5.5 Events and Entities; 5.6 Summary

Chapter 6: Luhmann´s View of Social Autopoietic Systems6.1 Social Systems; 6.2 Social Autopoiesis; 6.2.1 Communication; 6.2.2 Consciousness; 6.2.3 The Relation Between Social and Psychic Systems; 6.2.4 Decisions; 6.2.5 Events; 6.2.6 Meaning; 6.3 Knowledge Production Context; 6.4 Summary; Chapter 7: Epistemological Assumptions; 7.1 Cognitivist Epistemology; 7.2 Connectionist Epistemology; 7.3 Autopoietic Epistemology; 7.4 Summary; Chapter 8: Knowledge and Knowledge Management; 8.1 Knowledge; 8.2 Types of Knowledge; 8.2.1 Individual Knowledge; 8.2.2 Organizational Knowledge

8.2.3 Tacit Knowledge8.2.4 Explicit Knowledge; 8.2.5 Product Knowledge; 8.2.6 Societal Knowledge; 8.2.7 Management Knowledge; 8.2.8 Expert Knowledge; 8.2.9 Social Knowledge; 8.3 Knowledge as a Process; 8.4 Knowledge Management; 8.5 Summary; Chapter 9: Evolution and Learning in Organizations; 9.1 Learning Organization; 9.2 Organizational Learning; 9.3 Summary; Chapter 10: Micro-Macro Problem; Chapter 11: Macro and Micro Processes; 11.1 Data Related Processes; 11.1.1 Sensing (Micro Process); 11.1.2 Organizational Identity (Macro Process); 11.1.3 Organizational Memory (Macro Process)

11.1.4 Organizational Culture (Macro Process)11.2 Utterance Related Micro Processes; 11.2.1 Language and Languaging; 11.2.2 Metaphors; 11.2.3 Writing; 11.2.4 Knowledge Sharing; 11.2.4.1 Interaction; 11.2.4.2 Dialogue and Discussion; 11.2.4.3 Stories and Storytelling; 11.2.5 Information and Communication Systems; 11.2.5.1 Internet; 11.2.5.2 Intranet; 11.2.5.3 Text-Based Conferencing; 11.2.5.4 Groupware Tools; 11.2.5.5 Media Richness; 11.3 Understanding Related Micro Processes; 11.3.1 Sense-Making; 11.3.2 Absorptive Capacity; 11.4 Acceptance/Rejection Related Micro Processes

11.4.1 Commitment and Motivation

10.1007/978-3-319-00104-3 [DOI]

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