Autopoietic Knowledge Systems in Project-Based Companies
โ Scribed by Kaj U. Koskinen (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 244
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Autopoietic Knowledge Systems: An Alternative View of Project-Based Companies....Pages 1-5
Project Business....Pages 6-12
Systemic View and Systems Thinking....Pages 13-33
Autopoiesis....Pages 34-53
Epistemological Assumptions....Pages 54-58
Knowledge Dividend....Pages 59-85
Evolution and Learning....Pages 86-105
Components of the Project-Based Company When it is Regarded as an Autopoietic Knowledge System....Pages 106-174
Two Major Knowledge Flows....Pages 175-181
The Project-Based Company as an Autopoietic Knowledge System....Pages 182-189
Epilogue....Pages 190-191
Back Matter....Pages 192-227
โฆ Subjects
Knowledge Management; Operations Management; Business Strategy/Leadership; Project Management; Management; Operation Research/Decision Theory
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