The Significance of Distinctiveness

A Proposal for Rethinking Organizational Knowledge

Bibliographic Data

ID20501006
AuthorsGeorg Schreyögg (Freie Universität Berlin), Demetrius Geiger (0000-0002-4969-2437, University of Liverpool), Daniel Geiger
Year2007
Volume14
Issue1
Pages77-100
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOrganization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-5084 • E-ISSN: 1461-7323
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1350508407071861
OpenAlexW2115144302
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited59

In this article we attempt to provide some reorientation for the use of the concept of knowledge within management studies. The point of departure is the striking discrepancy between the great importance nowadays attributed to knowledge (knowledge economy, knowledge resources, knowledge societies, knowledge-intensive firms, etc.) on the one hand and the vague and blurring conceptualizations of knowledge on the other hand. Informed by philosophy of science a revised concept of knowledge is suggested that basically draws on communication and reflection. The core idea is that knowledge should be treated as a distinctive term which allows for a differentiation between knowledge and non-knowledge. The suggested concept therefore makes discursive examination a central part of the notion of knowledge. In the final part we attempt to demonstrate the possible benefi ts of such re-orientation by analysing both its theoretical and practical implications

Body of knowledge · Cultural knowledge · Descriptive knowledge · Epistemology · Knowledge economy · Knowledge management · Knowledge value chain · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Organizational learning · Personal knowledge management · Procedural knowledge · Sociology · Chaos, Complexity, and Education · Cognitive Science and Education Research · Computer Science · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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