This is the state - of - the - art, international handbook for a field of inquiry that is still emergent and yet occupies a central position in contemporary management and organization theory. Mark Easterby - Smith and Marjorie Lyles have dawn together in their authoritative reference work original essays from the leading scholars in organizational learning and knowledge management around the world.
Learning and knowledge are often debated separately despite their close relationship but the editors make an important link between the two areas. In this volume knowledge management, the mostly hotly debated area in business theory, is examined in relation to the processes of the management learning, while the nature of organizational learning, innovation and creativity is explored in light of theories of knowledge.