If knowledge management is to be more than an art, it needs to be based on a sound epistemology and understanding of organizations. We present a paradigm and an ontology of organizational knowledge based on Karl Popper’s 1972 and later works on evolutionary epistemology, Maturana and Varela’s concept of living things as self-producing complex systems (“autopoiesis”), and theories of hierarchica...

Undoubtedly, information technology (IT) has undergone extensive developments in various social and economic spheres; its effect on human society is in such a way that the world today is referred as information society. Besides, information technology, attributed as the main agent of global change, is to achieve meta- organization purposes. It also pertains to appropriate information formulated...

the aim of this study was to analyze the impact of social capital and organizational learning on organizational performance in payame noor university of kermanshah province. it is a functional purpose study with descriptive – survey method. the statistical population includes 470 employees of payame noor university in kermanshah province. a sample of 212 people was chosen using cochran formula....

abstract because of today's dynamic business environment and three emerging major trends of intense international competition, discrete markets, and changing technology, innovation is drawing increasing attention as a solution. these trends have aroused business scholars’ interest in running in-depth investigations on the concept of social capital as a critical factor in improving organizationa...

Previous surveys of the Inter-Organizational Systems (IOS) adoption field have developed taxonomic schemes to improve general understanding of the field. This paper instead studies the historical development of the field and describes its evolution in a stage model. In the rationalizing stage researchers tried to discover and communicate reasons for some apparently successful adoptions of IOS. ...

Increasing use of online social network sites by organizations and their growing tendencies to establish an intraorganizational social network necessitates academic attention as to how these social networks can affect organizational outcomes. To fill this gap by a margin, this paper will theorize and propose ways in which corporate social networks are able to affect the perceived organizational...

The core of the organizational learning theory was that the organizational learning activities were the source of organizational value creation. The research focus of organizational learning theory was to discuss the socialization process of organizational learning from the perspective of social capital and its specific impact on the performance of organizational knowledge transfer. Previous st...

social responsibility has been recognized as one of the most important elements in the existence and survival of the organizations. therefore, studying and investigating this fundamental element considering social identity leads not only into enhancing organizational commitment, but also increasing the sense of satisfaction among stakeholders outside the organization. the present research inves...

the purpose of this study is to analyze and explain the relationship between social capital and organizational virtuousness in rasht municipality. studying the relationship between social capital and organizational virtuousness and describing its variables are among the theoretical foundations of this research. the main assumption in this study is: ‘is there a significant and positive relations...

The influence of technology developments on the content and arrangcmenl of work i.s a recurring theme in many publications. Advances in informalion and communication technology (ICT) are reshaping inlernal organizational design and necessitate new types of employee capabilities and behaviour. As will be illustrated. ICT developments create a heightened level of bu.siness and markei dynamics. Ar...