Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge

Edited by Meinolf Dierkes, Edited by Ariane Berthoin Antal, John Child, and Ikujiro Nonaka

• 'Finalist for the 2002 Terry Book Award, Academy of Management." An excellent and monumental volume edited by a distinguished group of scholars"' - Professor Walter Nord, Chairman, Terry Book Award Committee
• 'For knowledge-based societies like ours, this Handbook is an invaluable and stimulating resource.' - Volker Hauff, Member of the Board, BearingPoint GmbH, and former German Federal Minister of Research and Technology
• 'A very comprehensive tool for students of organizational behaviour in business schools and companies around the world.' - Jeffrey Garten, Dean, Yale University School of Management
• 'This edited volume provides an exhaustive overview of cutting edge scholarship on organizational learning.' - David Vogel, Editor, California Management Review
• 'The handbook unites a distinguished team of international authors ... The learning approach of the editorial team has been to assimilate many disciplines, different contexts and practices. Facilitated by numerous illustrative examples, this volume is designed to prompt intellectual debate, and the development of learning practices among managers, researchers and policy makers.' - Organization Studies
• 'An invaluable reference volume for scholars and students concerned with the leading edge issues involved in organisational development, learning and change.' - Long Range Planning
• 'The editors suggest to approach the book like an oriental bazaar "the bazaar provides a whole range of goods and follows its own laws". That means; look everywhere if there is something interesting. And there is.' - Financial Times Deutschland
• 'The book succeeds in taking the reader on a journey through the many diverse approaches, themes, issues and debates surrounding this field.' - European Business Forum
• 'An impressive work of scholarship and teamwork ... the Handbook is strong on theory and surveys of the literature in the field. A good number of chapters stand out as both excellent and illuminating here ... handsomely produced.' - Journal of General Management

• A comprehensive overview of the concept of organizational learning
• Provides an account of the varied approaches, themes, issues, and debates in the field today
• World-class editors and contributors such as John Child, David Teece, Barbara Czarniawska, Ikujiro Nonaka, William Starbuck, Silvia Gherardi, John Stopford, Alfred Kieser, Marjorie Lyles, etc.
• Goes beyond the American and European traditions, also reflecting the experiences of Asia and the Middle East
• Includes both central themes and emergent issues of importance to the field

Edited by Meinolf Dierkes, Director of the Organization and Technology Research Unit, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB),
Edited by Ariane Berthoin Antal, Program Leader in Organizational Learning, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB),
John Child, Chair of Commerce, University of Birmingham; Distinguished Visiting Professor, Chinese Management Centre, University of Hong Kong, and
Ikujiro Nonaka, Professor in the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University, and Professor of Knowledge, University of California, Berkeley