Experts in Organizations: the Power of Expertise
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This paper focuses on the power of expertise in modern societies and examines the nature of expert knowledge in organizations. It approaches expertise as a decisive resource in organizational value creation and treats experts as influential actors in organizational decision-making. The paper is organized as follows. It begins by addressing the power of expertise in today's societies and characterizes expert knowledge as one of the main means with which modern economies create wealth. It proceeds with a synopsis of contemporary research on the theory of expertise and presents different approaches to expert knowledge. The paper further focuses on experts as organizational actors and analyzes their role in organizational action. Finally, it concentrates on expert knowledge in
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