Organizations as Knowledge Systems

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