Strategic Learning and Knowledge Management

From the Publisher: Strategic Learning and Knowledge Management draws on ongoing research into organizational competence to introduce several new approaches to the strategic management of learning and knowledge. Concepts from emerging theory in competence-based competition are used to investigate processes of strategic learning, examining both organizational contexts in which learning takes place and organizational dynamics for creating new knowledge. The search for competitive advantage, however, also challenges organizations to become more effective in using their existing knowledge to greatest strategic benefit. Accordingly, this volume also examines processes within firms that improve both the creation and application of new knowledge in competitive and cooperative interactions between organizations. Strategic Learning and Knowledge Management challenges many notions prevalent in current discussions of knowledge and learning, such as the strategic value of 'tacit knowledge' and the need to rely primarily on internal learning processes. Using case studies from American and European companies, the contributors bring you up to date with current thinking about managing strategically important knowledge in organizations.