Tacit Knowledge in Organizations

by Philippe Baumard

Overview

‘Philippe Baumard has observed that strategic success seems to lie more in top managers' ability to use tacit knowledge than in their gaining or updating explicit knowledge' - William H Starbuck, New York University

‘This important new book effectively illustrates how, in conditions of ambiguity, managers ‘over-manage', i.e. rely too much on explicit plans and interpretations. Here, Philippe Baumard develops an alternative analysis and with it a new approach to management' - Frank Blackler, Lancaster University

This landmark book delves below the surface of organizations in order to understand the complex processes of top managers' decision making.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761953364
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/13/1999
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Philippe Baumard is Professor of Strategic Management, Innovation & Regulation Chair, at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. His research addresses the collective use of tacit knowledge by executives in times of crisis. He authored nine books, ranging from economics to strategic management, long-range forecasting, and expert systems applied to strategy implementation. A fellow of the Oxford-Sorbonne Chancellors grant, Dr. Baumard has been a visiting faculty member at New York University, Lund University (Sweden), University of Technology, Sydney, University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Knowledge within Organizations
Tormented Knowledge
From Tacit to Explicit, the Conjectional Patterns of Knowing
Investigating the Non-Expressed
Qantas or Collective Wisdom
Indigo or Navigating in the Tacit
Indosuez or Elusive Know-How
Pechiney in a Too Explicit World
The Tacit Foundations of Organizations
Conclusion