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Organizational forgetting and information systems

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 1993
Abstract Organizational learning is a key concept for firms involved in turbulent environments. The learning process is based upon the idea that improvements, once learnt, are remembered. Nevertheless, organizations can forget the achievements of the learning process. The aim of this paper is to explore the process of organizational forgetting. It is
Salvador Carmona, German Perez-Casanova
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Forgetting to learn and learning to forget: the call for organizational unlearning

European Journal of Training and Development, 2022
Purpose The purpose of this conceptual paper is to provide a foundation for human resource development (HRD) scholars in attempts to devise mechanisms for establishing and facilitating actionable pathways through which unlearning can be acknowledged and serve as a contributing agent for HRD interventions. This paper concludes with a call to action for
Mandolen Mull, Clayton Duffy, Dave Silberman   +2 more
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In Praise of Organizational Forgetting

Journal of Management Inquiry, 2011
This article reviews and evaluates the concept of organizational forgetting. Drawing on established literature in the field of organizational learning, the authors analyze forgetting from three perspectives—cognitive, behavioral, and social. They argue a counterintuitive line that forgetting, in the right circumstances, can be beneficial for companies
Easterby-Smith, Mark, Lyles, Marjorie
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Organizational and Individual Learning and Forgetting

ILR Review, 2012
Researchers of industrial relations issues in manufacturing have long recognized that careful study of production has significant implications for labor productivity. Recent theory and analysis has shown the large influence of organizational forgetting.
Morris M. Kleiner, Jerry Nickelsburg, Adam Pilarski   +2 more
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Reflections on Organizational Memory and Forgetting

Journal of Management Inquiry, 2011
Organizational memory plays a central role in theories of organizational learning and forgetting. However, we still know little about how knowledge becomes embedded in organizational memory or the reasons and processes through which organizational memory decays. The objective of this article is to clarify the relationship between organizational memory
Andrea J. Casey, Fernando Olivera
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Organizational Forgetting as Strategy

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
Within the field of knowledge management, the concepts of organizational learning and organizational forgetting are considered somehow opposite. But are we able to learn without forgetting‘ If maintained within the organization, useless knowledge can become a barrier to new knowledge, also requiring management expenses and attention, leading to loss of
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Does organizational forgetting matter? Organizational survival for life coaching companies

The Learning Organization, 2015
Purpose– The purposes of this paper are to determine the role of organizational forgetting in different type of coaching companies and to determine organizational survival based on both knowledge structure of coaching companies and organizational forgetting with core features of organizations.Design/methodology/approach– Within the context of this ...
Aydın, Erhan, Görmüş, A. Ş.
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Agency in Voluntary Organizational Forgetting

Journal of Management Inquiry, 2011
This paper studies the different mechanism used in organizations to enact voluntary organizational forgetting. Based on a literature review, previous and original research, four main mechanisms are identified: assets and technologies, routines and procedures, structure and understandings.
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Management of Organizational Forgetting in Construction of Organizational Absorptive Capacity

2010 International Conference on E-Product E-Service and E-Entertainment, 2010
The integration of external and internal knowledge by means of absorptive capacity is a major source for an organization to enhance its competitive advantages. The previous researches pay too much attention to the absorbing process of useful knowledge from the perspective of organizational learning, but comparatively less attention is paid to some ...
Jiang Yun, Qiang Fu, Li Chen
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