Between Ambition and Approach: towards Situated Mutual Learning in Development Organizations
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Knowledge management has become a widespread organizational practice in the sector of development cooperation, but lacks a solid theoretical foundation. This paper aims to address this gap, contributing to development theory and knowledge management theory. The paper presents a three-tiered knowledge management model, encompassing epistemology, implementation, and effect, and suggests that the epistemological basis to an approach will influence its effects. The theoretical framework is illustrated with examples taken from 51 interviews in different development organizations actively involved in knowledge management. We identify a contradiction between the ambition versus the approach by which knowledge management is implemented, and argue that this risks being counterproductive to development goals. Yet, as a knowledge-intensive sector, knowledge management cannot simply be discarded. We therefore present a view on situated mutual learning as a promising avenue towards more sustainable knowledge management and, ultimately, more effective development.
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