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Universities as Knowledge-Intensive Learning Organizations

Universities as Knowledge-Intensive Learning Organizations
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Author(s): Constantin Bratianu (Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 17
Source title: Innovative Knowledge Management: Concepts for Organizational Creativity and Collaborative Design
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Alan Eardley (Staffordshire University, UK)and Lorna Uden (Staffordshire University, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-701-0.ch001

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to critically analyze the universities as knowledge intensive learning organizations. It is axiomatic that universities are knowledge organizations since by their own nature universities create, acquire, and transfer knowledge in complex ways. They are knowledge intensive organizations since the density of knowledge field and the dynamics of knowledge processing are much greater than many other organizations. Since learning is one of the major processes within any university, people may consider universities as being by definition learning organizations. This idea induced by a semantic halo effect may lead to a major error. Although a university is an organization based on learning processes, it is not necessary a learning organization. This paper performs a functional analysis of the specific knowledge processes in order to identify the necessary conditions for a generic university to become a learning organization.

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