Network Challenge (Chapter 3), The: Knowledge as a Social Phenomenon: "Horse Holding" and Learning in Networks
- By Alan M. Kantrow
- Published May 18, 2009 by FT Press.
eBook
- Sorry, this book is no longer in print.
- About Watermarked eBooks
This PDF will be accessible from your Account page after purchase and requires PDF reading software, such as Acrobat® Reader®.
The eBook requires no passwords or activation to read. We customize your eBook by discreetly watermarking it with your name, making it uniquely yours.
Description
- Copyright 2009
- Edition: 1st
- eBook
- ISBN-10: 0-13-702461-4
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-702461-2
Human knowledge and traditions can persist long after their relevance disappears, particularly in an environment of rapid change. Organizational routines often continue in force long after memory of their purpose has been lost. But memory is rarely lost entirely. It usually lingers, in distributed fragments, in an organization’s social networks and can, when needed, be reassembled. This chapter examines the role of such networks in the process of memory loss and recovery.
Sample Content
Table of Contents
“That” Versus “Why”
Knowledge as a Social Phenomenon
Forgetting the “Why’s”
Dangers of Horse Holding
Letting Go the Horses
References