The Cultures of Knowledge Organizations

Knowledge, Learning, Collaboration (KLC)

Wioleta Kucharska, Denise Bedford

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781839093371
• eBook ISBN: 9781839093388
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Communication
• Index: Business

Organizations are increasingly aware of the role that culture plays in implementing strategies. The adage 'culture eats strategy for breakfast everyday' shows how important it is to understand, monitor, and calibrate company culture. This means shaping the behaviour of leaders, managers, teams, and individuals. It means integrating assessment and behaviours into performance and communication strategies. Cultures – at all levels – are shifting in today's society. It is important to understand which factors are having which effects.

The Cultures of Knowledge Organizations presents a new perspective that treats organizational culture not as a static conceptual model but as a dynamic, complex and adaptive system. The authors consider how de facto organizational business cultures must function in a hyperdynamic knowledge economy. Today's managers need real practical guidance on how to see 'culture', how to assess it, how to design a culture that supports business goals, and how to help the workforce understand their own role in shaping culture. This research acts as a map for 21st Century.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Section 1. The Fundamentals of Culture
• Section 2. The Synergistic Power of Knowledge, Learning, and Collaboration Cultures
• Section 3. KLC and The Complex Cultures of the Public Sector
• Appendix A: Pulling It All Together
• Appendix B: The Empirical Evidence of KLC Approach
• Appendix C: Surveying Knowledge, Learning, and Collaboration Cultures
• Appendix D: Questions for Future Research
• Index