The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation
Author: Ikujiro Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi, Hiro Takeuchi
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ISBN: 0195092694
Publisher: Oxford Press (May, 1995)
Sales Rank: 38,898
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
A look at knowledge creation
I came to this book through a reference in Novak & Gowin. What caught my eye was that someone was willing to talk about an epistemological stance other than the analytic, reductionist view held in science. For the most part, I found this book's understanding of Western epistemology to be reasonable; I can't speak for the Japanese epsitemology cited. What interested me, and for which I recommend the book, is their view of knowledge creation. The case studies lend weight to their view, but they do explicate a possible model for turning subjective knowledge into explicit knowledge. They suggest a management model for making it happen. The book is very well written and edited.I believe the book needs a very careful read *outside* the business community. I would put this book down as the business version of Feynman's *The Character of Natural Law*.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Very interesting and comprehensive book
This book constitutes a very detailed, interesting, and comprehensive description of the organizational knowledge-creation process. And obviously not only for academics, since I am a management student myself. All the relevant organizational aspects are treated within the context of the new knowledge-creation theory of Nonaka and Takeuchi. Thus, the authors did not apply their insights solely to one aspect of a company (such as the organizational structure), but they tried to develop a coherent whole by applying it to all the relevant characteristics of an organization. And I definitely think they succeeded.
Rating: 5 out of 5
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