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...

Ability to innovate is the means for organizations to maintain their competitiveness; yet for those innovations to emerge calls for generating plenty of ideas. Therefore, this paper aims to find the impacts of the requisite variety of expertise within a group in the idea generation. The...

This conceptual paper investigates the process of knowledge transfer in project-based organizations from the perspective of organizational culture. The paper identifies obstacles to knowledge transfer in project-based organizations and emphasizes the importance of organizational and project...

Preface by Johan Roos -- Processual Knowledge Production in Autopoietic Organizations -- Organization -- Systemic View and Systems Thinking -- Autopoiesis -- Process Perspective -- Luhmann’s View of Social Autopoietic Systems -- Epistemological Assumptions -- Knowledge and Knowledge Management...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore the potential of autopoiesis theory to open up new ways to understand knowledge production in business organizations. Design/methodology/approach – Initially essential theoretical information is presented, by reviewing the concept of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore what the role of individuals' observations is in the implementation of technically complex projects. Design/methodology/approach – Initially essential theoretical information is presented, by reviewing the concepts of systemic view and...