Purpose: Considering personality as changeable through a bottom-up process of altering states, habits and traits, constitutes a shift in the predominant paradigm within personality psychology. The purpose of this paper is to reconsider Bateson’s theory of learning and organizational...

Verlagsinfo: In a knowledge-based society, knowledge is the most important resource for a successful development of society, politics and economy. The publication is intended to contribute to a stronger establishment of the scientific discussion regarding small and medium-sized enterprises and...

1. Introduction -- 2. Calls From Practice -- 3. Theoretical Framework of the Need Knowledge-driven Organization -- 4. Conceptual Principles of the Need Knowledge-driven Organization -- 5. Guiding Framework of the Need Knowledge-driven Organization for Practice -- 6. Conclusion.