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Organizational Learning and Organizational Knowledge

Towards the Integration of Two Approaches

Joaquín Alegre

Jaume I Universitat, Castellón, Spain

Organizational learning and organizational knowledge have seen important growth in both the academic and business worlds. However, both approaches face various problems, the most striking of which is their theoretical confusion and diversity. This is due to the great number of authors and publications on the theoretical concepts, which originate in different fields, and are dealt with from different perspectives. Despite their implicit links, the two areas of literature retain a relative distance. This article sets out to improve the situation by linking the two perspectives with the aim of providing an integrative approach. Furthermore, the analysis outlines some common unresolved issues in these debates: the epistemological and ontological principles that underpin our understanding of learning, knowledge, and the relationship between them, as well as the relationship between individual and organizational learning and knowing.

Key Words: knowledge • learning • organizational knowledge • organizational knowledge perspectives • organizational learning • organizational learning perspectives

Management Learning, Vol. 36, No. 1, 49-68 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1350507605049906


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