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Organizations as Learning Systems
. Ed(S): Maula, Marjatta (Seinajoki University Of Applied Sciences, Finland)
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Description for Organizations as Learning Systems
Hardback. Presents consistency/intentionality platforms and evolution models that help to evaluate the learning and renewal capability of an organization and to improve its enabling infrastructure. This book presents the living composition model which is an interpretation of the theory of living, self-producing systems. Editor(s): Maula, Marjatta (Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland). Series: Advanced Series in Management. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJ; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
The main contribution of this book is the living composition, the model of living organizations. It is a new and original interpretation of the theory of living, self-producing systems (autopoiesis theory). Living composition is defined here as strategic components and their relationships. A living organization is thereby a self-producing system that is composed of ten different non-physical strategic components that are continually produced by the organization itself. The components and their relationships are defined so that they enable and facilitate interconnected openness and closure, i.e. the 'sensing' (interactive openness) and 'memory' (self-referentiality) of an organization. These characteristics and related knowledge ... Read more
The main contribution of this book is the living composition, the model of living organizations. It is a new and original interpretation of the theory of living, self-producing systems (autopoiesis theory). Living composition is defined here as strategic components and their relationships. A living organization is thereby a self-producing system that is composed of ten different non-physical strategic components that are continually produced by the organization itself. The components and their relationships are defined so that they enable and facilitate interconnected openness and closure, i.e. the 'sensing' (interactive openness) and 'memory' (self-referentiality) of an organization. These characteristics and related knowledge ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Advanced Series in Management
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Kidlington, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780080439198
SKU
V9780080439198
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Maula, Marjatta (Seinajoki University Of Applied Sciences, Finland)
D.Sc. Marjatta Maula is a professor of knowledge and information management at the Institute of Business Information Management, Tampere University of Technology, Finland. She holds a D.Sc. (Economics and Business Administration) degree in international business from The Helsinki School of Economics, and a M.Sc. degree in computer sciences from The University of Tampere, Finland. Earlier she has been an associate ... Read more
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