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1 The Evolving Field of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management 1<br /> MARK EASTERBY-SMITH AND MARJORIE A. LYLES <p><b>P</b><b>ART I DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES.</b></p> <p>2 Organizational Learning Viewed from a Social Learning Perspective 23<br /> ULRIK BRANDI AND BENTE ELKJAER</p> <p>3 Organizational Learning: The Sociology of Practice 43<br /> SILVIA GHERARDI</p> <p>4 Psychological Perspectives in Organizational Learning: A Four-Quadrant Approach 67<br /> HELEN SHIPTON AND ROBERT DEFILLIPPI</p> <p>5 Information Technology and the Possibilities for Knowledge Sharing 83<br /> NIALL HAYES</p> <p>6 Knowledge Management: Process, Practice and Web 2.0 105<br /> MARYAM ALAVI AND JAMES S. DENFORD</p> <p>7 Knowledge Creation in Firms: An Organizational Economics Perspective 125<br /> NICOLAI J. FOSS AND VOLKER MAHNKE</p> <p>8 A Framework for Integrating Organizational Learning, Knowledge, Capabilities, and Absorptive Capacity 153<br /> DUSYA VERA, MARY CROSSAN, AND MARINA APAYDIN</p> <p><b>P</b><b>ART II ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS.</b></p> <p>9 Learning Portfolios: An Alternative to Learning Organizations 183<br /> ANTHONY J. DIBELLA</p> <p>10 Intersubjectivity and Community-Building: Learning to Learn Organizationally 199<br /> JOSH PLASKOFF</p> <p>11 Fads, Fashions, and the Fluidity of Knowledge: Peter Senge's 'The Learning Organization' 225<br /> MIKELLE A. CALHOUN, WILLIAM H. STARBUCK, AND ERIC ABRAHAMSON</p> <p>12 The Contribution of Teams to Organizational Learning 249<br /> KATHRYN S. ROLOFF, ANITA W. WOOLLEY, AND AMY C. EDMONDSON</p> <p>13 Absorptive Capacity: Taking Stock of its Progress and Prospects 273<br /> RAYMOND VAN WIJK, FRANS A.J. VAN DEN BOSCH, AND HENK W. VOLBERDA</p> <p>14 Social Identity and Organizational Learning 305<br /> JOHN CHILD AND SUZANA RODRIGUES</p> <p>15 Organizations, Learning, and Emotion 331<br /> RUSS VINCE AND YIANNIS GABRIEL</p> <p>16 Subtle Learning and Organizational Identity as Enablers of Strategic Change 349<br /> KEVIN G. CORLEY, DENNIS A. GIOIA, AND RAJIV NAG</p> <p><b>P</b><b>ART III KNOWLEDGE AND ITS MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS.</b></p> <p>17 Dominant Logic, Knowledge Creation, and Managerial Choice 369<br /> RICHARD A. BETTIS, SZE SZE WONG, AND DANIELA BLETTNER</p> <p>18 Informal Knowledge and Innovation 383<br /> PAUL ALMEIDA, JAN HOHBERGER, AND PEDRO PARADA</p> <p>19 Knowledge Sharing in Organizations: The Role of Communities 403<br /> GEORG VON KROGH</p> <p>20 Organizational Forgetting 433<br /> PABLO MARTIN DE HOLAN AND NELSON PHILLIPS</p> <p>21 How Should We Understand Tacit Knowledge? A Phenomenological View 453<br /> HARIDIMOS TSOUKAS</p> <p>22 Organizing Knowledge in Social, Alliance, and Organizational Networks 477<br /> RAYMOND VAN WIJK, FRANS A.J. VAN DEN BOSCH, AND HENK W. VOLBERDA</p> <p>23 Knowledge Assets, Capabilities and the Theory of the Firm 505<br /> DAVID J. TEECE AND ABDULRAHMAN AL-AALI</p> <p>24 The Human Side of Dynamic Capabilities: a Holistic Learning Model 535<br /> GIANMARIO VERONA AND MAURIZIO ZOLLO</p> <p>25 Knowledge Structures and Innovation: Useful Abstractions and Unanswered Questions 551<br /> GAUTAM AHUJA AND ELENA NOVELLI</p> <p><b>P</b><b>ART IV LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS.</b></p> <p>26 The Impact of Intercultural Communication on Global Organizational Learning 581<br /> SULLY TAYLOR AND JOYCE S. OSLAND</p> <p>27 Collaborating, Learning and Leveraging Knowledge Across Borders: A Meta-Theory of Learning 605<br /> JANE E. SALK AND BERNARD L. SIMONIN</p> <p>28 Organizational Learning in Asia 635<br /> ROBIN SNELL AND JACKY HONG</p> <p>29 Learning Across Boundaries: The Effect of Geographic Distribution 659<br /> LINDA ARGOTE, CAROLYN DENOMME, AND ERICA FUCHS</p>

<b>Mark Easterby-Smith</b> is Professor of Management Learning at Lancaster University. He was founder of the international journal <i>Management Learning</i> and is internationally renowned for his published work on organizational learning and management research methods. He is a former President of the British Academy of Managment. <p><b>Marjorie A. Lyles</b> is Professor of International Strategic Management and the OneAmerica Chaired Professor at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, USA. She has worked in Europe, China, and the USA, and published seminal articles in the <i>Strategic Management Journal</i>, <i>ASQ, Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of Management Review and Journal</i>, and the <i>Journal of Management Studies on strategy and learning</i>.</p>

This is the state-of-the-art, international handbook for a field of inquiry that is still emergent and yet occupies a central position in contemporary management and organization theory. Mark Easterby-Smith and Marjorie A. Lyles have drawn together in their authorative reference work original essays from the leading scholars in organizational learning and knowledge management around the world. <p>Not least in importance is the linkage they make between these two adjacent areas: learning knowledge are often debated seperately despite their close relationship. Tracing the roots of learning and knowledge debates across the disciplines of economics, psychology, and social theory, and charting the key contributions scholars have made, this is a major, in-depth overview which all scholars of organizational learning and knowledge menagement will need on their shelves.</p> <p>In addition to original chapters which have all been updated to trace the substancial developements in the field over the last decade, the second edition contains new chapters written by world-class scholars including: Maryam Alavi, Linda Argote, Amy Edmondson, Robin Snell, David Teece, Gianmario Verona, and Russ Vince.</p> <ul> <li>The definitive up-to-date guide to the field.</li> <li>Original contributions by the leading scholars of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management world-wide.</li> <li>Editors internationally recognized authorities.</li> <li>Handbook shows links between 'knowledge' and 'learning' literatures.</li> <li>Indicates paths for future research and inquiry.</li> <li>'Must Have' reference source for all scholars in this field.</li> </ul>

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