The Cultures of Knowledge Organizations: Knowledge, Learning, Collaboration (KLC)

by Wioleta Kucharska, Denise Bedford

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839093371
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	08/28/2023
Series:	Working Methods for Knowledge Management
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Wioleta Kucharska, PhD, holds a position as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Along with scientific passion and achievements, she has 12 years of managerial experience, therefore, her works next to theoretical foundations actively refer to management practice.

Denise Bedford, PhD, is faculty at Georgetown University, a Visiting Scholar at University of Coventry, and Distinguished Practitioner, U.S. Department of State.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Series
SECTION 1. THE FUNDAMENTAL OF CULTURE
Chapter 1. Culture as a System
Chapter 2. Organizational Culture as a Complex System
Chapter 3. How Organizational Culture Dominates Strategy
Chapter 4. KLC-Approach To Knowledge Organization Culture Building
SECTION 2. THE SYNERGISTIC POWER OF KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING, AND COLLABORATION CULTURES
Chapter 5. Knowledge Cultures Open Minds
Chapter 6. Learning Cultures Grow Minds
Chapter 7. Collaborative Culture Enhances the Network of Minds
SECTION 3. KLC AND THE COMPLEX CULTURES OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Chapter 8. Public Sector Cultures
Chapter 9. The KLC Approach and Pubic Sector Diplomacy
Chapter 10. The KLC Approach and Public Sector Military
Chapter 11. The KLC Approach and Public Sector Space Exploration
Chapter 12. The KLC Approach and Public Sector Agriculture
Appendix A. Pulling It All Together
Appendix B. Empirical Evidence of the KLC-Approach
Appendix C. Surveying Knowledge, Learning and Collaboration Cultures
Appendix D. Agenda of Research Topics for the Future