Knowledge creation and transfer : new research / Edwin Matos, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matos, Edwin, editor.

Series:

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.

Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge management.

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Creative thinking.

Diffusion of innovations.

Organizational learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides new research on knowledge creation and transfer. The first chapter of the book reviews social metacognition and knowledge creation in groups of people. Chapter Two presents an Action Research (AR) study during an organizational innovation process in a Portuguese company. Chapter Three presents a review of the literature on the involvement of clinical teams and patients-as-partners in the changes made to clinical practices. Chapter Four helps the readers better understand the role of internal stakeholders in developing countries to offer potential insights into the cross-border transfer of knowledge.

Contents:

KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND TRANSFER: NEW RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND TRANSFER: NEW RESEARCH; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: SOCIAL METACOGNITION AND KNOWLEDGE CREATION IN GROUPS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; DIVERSITY; METACOGNITION AND SOCIAL METACOGNITION; A CONVERSATION ILLUSTRATING SOCIAL METACOGNITION'S EFFECTS ON KNOWLEDGE CREATION; Status; SOCIAL METACOGNITION EFFECTS ON KNOWLEDGE CREATION; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; Chapter 2: KNOWLEDGE CREATION THROUGH ACTION RESEARCH; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION

INTERACTION: THE FOUNDATION OF LEARNINGTOWARDS A WIDER COMMUNITY: THE INVOLVEMENT OF PATIENTS-AS-PARTNERS; The Réseau Infirmier, un Partenaire de Soins (RIUPS) (The Nursing Network: A Partner in Care): An Evolving Community of Practice; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; Chapter 4: THE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER TO SUBSIDIARIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CROSS CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; Absorptive Capacity of Subsidiaries; METHODOLOGY; FINDINGS

Question 1: What is it that influences the learning actions of local internal stakeholders?Question 2: Which are the best practices used locally to improve the absorptive capacity of the internal stakeholders of the subsidiary?; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; BIBLIOGRAPHY; RELATED NOVA PUBLICATIONS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: PRACTICES, TYPES AND CHALLENGES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEALTH CARE ARENA: POSITIONS AND PLOTS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN HEALTH CARE: AN OVERVIEW*

HOW TO TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE TO THE COMMUNITY ON PROMOTING CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH?*

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63485-668-6