Table of Contents

A. Berthoin Antal, M. Dierkes, J. Child, and I. Nonaka: Introduction: Finding Paths through the Handbook
Part I: Insights from Major Social Science Disciplines
1: G. W. Maier, C. Prange, and L. von Rosenstiel: Psychological Perspectives of Organizational Learning
2: S. Gherardi and D. Nicolini: The Sociological Foundations of Organizational Learning
3: P. Pawlowsky: The Treatment of Organizational Learning in Management Science
4: C. Boerner, J. T. Macher and D. J. Teece: A Review and Assessment of Organizational Learning in Economic Theories
5: B. Czarniawska: Anthropology and Organizational Learning
6: J. LaPalombara: The Underestimated Contributions of Political Science to Organizational Learning
7: J. Fear: Thinking Historically about Organizational Learning
Part II: External Triggers for Learning
8: L. von Rosenstiel and S. Koch: Change in Socioeconomic Values as a Trigger of Organizational Learning
9: J. Kädtler: Social Movements and Interest Groups as Triggers for Organizational Learning
10: H. Merkens, M. Geppert, and D. Antal: Triggers of Organizational Learning during the Transformation Process in Central European Countries
11: J. Stopford: Organizational Learning as Guided Responses to Market Signals
12: M. Dierkes, L. Marz, and C. Teele: Technological Visions, Technological Development, and Organizational Learning
Part III: Factors and Conditions Shaping Organizational Learning
13: J. Child and S. Heavens: The Social Constitution of Organizations and its Implications for Organizational Learning
14: W. Starbuck and B. Hedberg: How Organizations Learn from Success and Failure
15: C. Weber and A. Berthoin Antal: The Role of Time in Organizational Learning
16: K. Scherer and V. Tran: Effects of Emotions on the Process of Organizational Learning
Part IV: Agents of Organizational Learning
17: V. Friedman: The Individual as Agent of Organizational Learning
18: P. Sadler: Leadership and Organizational Learning
19: R. Tainio, K. Lilja, and T. Santalainen: The Role of Boards in Facilitating or Limiting Learning in Organizations
20: A. Drinkuth, C. Riegler, and R. Wolff: Labor Unions as Learning Organizations and Learning Facilitators
21: A. Berthoin Antal and C. Krebsbach-Gnath: Consultants as Agents of Organizational Learning: The importance of marginality
Part V: Processes of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Creation
22: I. Nonaka, R. Toyama, and P. Byosière: A Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation: Understanding the dynamic process of creating knowledge
23: B. Büchel and S. Raub: Media Choice and Organizational Learning
24: B. Hedberg and R. Wolff: Organizing, Learning, and Strategizing: From construction to delivery
25: J. LaPalombara: Power and Politics in Organizations: Public and private sector comparisons
26: J. Rothman and V. Friedman: Identity, Conflict, and Organizational Learning
27: A. Kieser, N. Beck, and R. Tainio: Rules and Organizational Learning: The behavioural theory approach
Part VI: Interorganizational Learning and Knowledge in a Global Context
28: K. Macharzina, M. J. Oesterle, and D. Brodel: Learning in Multinationals
29: J. Child: Learning Through Strategic Alliances
30: M. Lyles: Organizational Learning in International Joint Ventures: The case of Hungary
31: C. Lane: Organizational Learning in Supplier Networks
32: L. S. Tsui-Auch: Learning in Global and Local Networks: Experience of Chinese firms in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan
33: B. Hedberg and M. Holmqvist: Learning in Imaginary Organizations
Part VII: Developing Learning Practices
34: V. Friedman, R. Lipshitz, and W. Overmeer: Creating Conditions for Organizational Learning
35: P. Pawlowsky, J. Forslin, and R. Reinhardt: Practices and Tools of Organizational Learning
36: R. Reinhardt, M. Bornemann, P. Pawlowsky, and U. Schneider: Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management: Perspectives on measuring knowledge
Part VIII: Putting Learning into Practice
37: I. Nonaka, P. Reinmöller, and R. Toyama: Integrated Information Technology Systems for Knowledge Creation
38: G. Galer and K. van der Heijden: Scenarios and Their Contribution to Organizational Learning: From practice to theory
39: A. Berthoin Antal, U. Lenhardt, and R. Rosenbrock: Barriers to Organizational Learning
40: C. Krebsbach-Gnath: Applying Theory to Organizational Transformation
41: C. de Haën, L. S. Tsui-Auch, and M. Alexis: Multimodal Organizational Learning: From misbehaviour to good laboratory practice in the pharmaceutical industry
Part IX: Conclusion
42: A. Berthoin Antal, M. Dierkes, J. Child, and I. Nonaka: Organizational Learning and Knowledge: Reflections on the dynamics of the field and challenges for the future

About the Author

Meinolf Dierkes is Director of the Research Unit on Organization and Technology at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Social Science Research Centre, Berlin), and Professor at the Technical University of Berlin.; Ariane Berthoin Antal is Program Leader for Organizational Learning in the Research Unit on Organization and Technology at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Social Science Research Centre, Berlin), and
Visiting Professor at Henley Management College.; John Child is Professor of Commerce at the University of Birmingham.; Ilujiro Nonaka is Professor at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy,
Hitotsubashi, Tokyo.

Reviews

Finalist for the 2002 Terry Book Award, Academy of Management." An excellent and monumental volume edited by a distinguished group of scholars" Professor Walter Nord, Chairman, Terry Book Award Committee For knowledge-based societies like ours, this Handbook is an invaluable and stimulating resource. Volker Hauff, Member of the Board, BearingPoint GmbH, and former German Federal Minister of Research and Technology This edited volume provides an exhaustive overview of cutting edge scholarship on organizational learning. David Vogel, Editor, California Management Review "A very comprehensive tool for students of organizational behaviour in business schools and companies around the world." Jeffrey Garten, Dean, Yale University School of Management