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Record Nr.

UNINA9910427050503321

Autore

Koskinen Kaj U.

Titolo

Uninterrupted knowledge creation : process philosophy and autopoietic perspectives / / Kaj U. Koskinen, Rainer Breite

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-030-57303-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 104 p. 4 illus.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in business

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Knowledge, Theory of

Business - Data processing

Knowledge management

Process philosophy

Knowledge representation (Information theory)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Systems -- Process Philosophy -- Epistemology -- Autopoiesis -- Social Autopoietic Systems -- Knowledge Creation.

Sommario/riassunto

A common charge leveled against the autopoietic perspective is that it does not explain change or, consequently, knowledge creation. This book demonstrates that knowledge creation is not always an ongoing process, as is claimed in many process philosophy and autopoietic research works. The author introduces the idea of recursivity, which represents the explanatory potential for uninterrupted knowledge creation and paves the way for interaction between process (e.g. production) and stability (e.g. structure). The book describes the nature and role of recursivity in detail, especially in terms of how a system’s structure and production become media for one another. The book also acknowledges the value of the systems perspective on organizations in management studies, but suggests a different approach to defining systems, one that includes autopoietic elements. .