The shift to a knowledge‐based paradigm of management demands new conceptual tools for decision‐makers. Unfortunately, as writings on organizational learning and “learning organizations” have grown their clarity and focus have reduced, creating difficulties for managers who seek to apply...

Points out that more and more businesses are creating home pages, electronic catalog sheets, and Web sites that allow organizations and households to learn about the firm’s goods and services. Derives how these activities are precipitating a new wave of organizational learning from the...

Knowledge management is seen as a metaphorical perspective on management where the managerial focus depends on the epistemological standpoint taken. An identification of three epistemological perspectives accommodates the main body of literature on knowledge management: an artifact oriented...

Discusses, in this special issue, material grouped under four main headings: tomorrow’s executive challenges; effective organizational learning; the virtual university model; and effective training capabilities. The items included are brief and to the point allowing the reader to take on board...

This article explores the challenge of getting people to willingly share knowledge skills and experience, so that their organisations may gain leverage in their collective intelligence. It does so by addressing links between knowledge management and organisational learning to increase the speed...

Notes that strategic alliances provide opportunities for partners to come together and create greater value rather than a basic commercial transaction. Proposes a conceptual framework for strategic relationships and suggests this can be adapted in internationally‐focused or domestic‐oriented...