Organizational Cognition and Learning: Building Systems for the Learning Organization [Hardcover]

Luca Iandoli (Author), Luca Iandoli; Giuseppe Zollo (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 30, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1599043130 | ISBN-13: 978-1599043135 | Edition: 1

Managing organizational cognition and learning has been the subject of many studies and publication and is considered a major source of competitive advantage in the knowledge-based economy in knowledge intensive and traditional business. Organizational Cognition and Learning: Building Systems for the Learning Organization addresses the concept of organizing that is centered around collective learning in organizations and on the learning organization paradigm. Organizational Cognition and Learning: Building Systems for the Learning Organization presents a theory of organizational learning based on a model of organizational memory, explaining organizational processes and dynamics through which organizational memory is built and updated. Organizational Cognition and Learning: Building Systems for the Learning Organization provides a methodology and several tools to elicit and map organizational memory contents, based on the analysis and modelization of discourses through qualitative and quantitative techniques, examples of applications, implications for practice, and a research agenda for the development of methodologies and systems for the learning organizations

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About the Author

Luca Iandoli received his masters degree in electronics engineering in 1998 from the University of Naples Federico II and a PhD in business and management from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2002. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Business and Managerial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II. His current research interests include application of computational techniques to business and management, human resource management, organizational learning and cognition, information technology and organization. His papers have been published in the Fuzzy Economic Review, Small Business Economics, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Human Resources Management Journal, and Journal of Information Science and Technology. He is a member of the editorial board of the Fuzzy Economic Review, Journal of Information Technology: Cases and Applications, and Journal of Global Information Technology Management. Giuseppe Zollo is a full professor of business economics and organization in the Department of Business and Managerial, University of Naples Federico II. From 1985-1986, he was a visiting research associate in the Department of Economics of Northeastern University, Boston. He has published in several journals and has presented papers at international conferences on innovation management, organization, small innovative firms, and managerial application of fuzzy logic. In 1992, 1993, and 1995, he received the Entrepreneurship Award at the RENT Research in Entrepreneurship Workshops organized by the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management; in 1994, he received the Best Paper Award from FGF, Universitat Dortmund at the IntEnt 94 Conference. Moreover, he is a member of several editorial boards of international and Italian journals. He is vice president of the International Association for Fuzzy-Set Management and Economy (SIGEF) and director of the University of Naples Center for Organizational Innovation and Communication (COINOR).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 324 pages
• Publisher: Information Science Publishing; 1 edition (May 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599043130
• ISBN-13: 978-1599043135
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,107,905 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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