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Guide to the Book |
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Guide to the Online Resources |
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1 The Contemporary Importance of Knowledge and Knowledge Management |
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Key assumptions in the knowledge management literature |
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The knowledge society concept and its links to Bell's post-industrial society concept |
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A critical evaluation of the knowledge society concept |
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6 | (2) |
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Aims, philosophy, and structure |
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8 | (4) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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12 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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12 | (3) |
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PART 1 Epistemologies of Knowledge in the Knowledge Management Literature |
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2 The Objectivist Perspective on Knowledge |
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15 | (1) |
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Objectivist perspectives on knowledge |
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15 | (2) |
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The knowledge-based theory of the firm |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (5) |
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Tacit and explicit knowledge |
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19 | (1) |
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Individual-group knowledge |
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20 | (3) |
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An objectivist perspective on the sharing and management of knowledge |
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23 | (4) |
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Conduit model of knowledge sharing |
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24 | (1) |
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Knowledge management processes |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (1) |
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Case study Factors shaping the successful transfer of knowledge within an MNC an objectivist analysis |
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27 | (2) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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29 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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29 | (1) |
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3 The Practice-Based Perspective on Knowledge |
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30 | (19) |
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30 | (1) |
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Features of a practice-based perspective on knowledge |
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31 | (9) |
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The embeddedness of knowledge in practice |
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31 | (2) |
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Knowledge as multidimensional and non-dichotomous |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (2) |
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The socially constructed and culturally embedded nature of knowledge |
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37 | (2) |
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The contestable nature of knowledge |
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39 | (1) |
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A practice-based perspective on the management and sharing of knowledge |
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40 | (3) |
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43 | (1) |
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Case study The collective knowledgeability of care: a case study of an Italian care home |
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43 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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44 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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45 | (4) |
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PART 2 An Introduction to Key Concepts |
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4 What is Knowledge Management? |
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49 | (19) |
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49 | (1) |
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What is knowledge management? |
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49 | (4) |
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Factors influencing organizational approaches to knowledge management |
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53 | (5) |
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Conceptualizing the diversity of knowledge management approaches |
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58 | (1) |
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Knowledge strategy frameworks |
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58 | (2) |
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Von Krogh et al. (2001): leveraging, expanding, appropriating, and probing |
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58 | (2) |
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Kim et al. (2014): internal and external codification, internal and external personalization |
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60 | (1) |
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Knowledge management strategy frameworks |
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60 | (4) |
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Hansen et al.'s (1999) codification versus personalization framework |
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60 | (3) |
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Alvesson and Karreman's (2001) four knowledge management approaches |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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Case study Centralizing knowledge management: McKinsey's Knowledge Network |
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65 | (2) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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67 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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67 | (1) |
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5 Knowledge-Intensive Firms and Knowledge Workers |
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68 | (23) |
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The knowledge economy and the growing importance of knowledge-intensive firms and knowledge workers |
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69 | (1) |
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Defining and characterizing knowledge-intensive firms |
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70 | (2) |
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Defining knowledge workers: the professional knowledge work perspective |
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72 | (2) |
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Defining knowledge workers: the `all work is knowledge work' perspective |
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74 | (2) |
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Knowledge work and ambiguity |
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76 | (2) |
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Knowledge and knowledge processes in knowledge-intensive firms |
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78 | (4) |
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Knowledge workers, intellectual capital, and innovation |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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Knowledge integration/application |
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79 | (2) |
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Social capital, knowledge workers, and knowledge-intensive firms |
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81 | (1) |
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The willingness of knowledge workers to participate in knowledge processes: contrasting perspectives |
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82 | (2) |
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Knowledge workers: the ideal employee? |
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82 | (1) |
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Factors inhibiting knowledge workers' work efforts and knowledge management activities |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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Case study The linkages between learning orientation, knowledge assets, and HR practices in professional service firms |
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85 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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86 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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86 | (5) |
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PART 3 Innovation, Knowledge Creation, and Unlearning |
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6 Learning and Knowledge Management |
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91 | (19) |
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91 | (1) |
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The heterogeneity of learning |
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92 | (2) |
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Characterizing learning in organizations |
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92 | (1) |
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Learning mechanisms and processes |
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92 | (2) |
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The dynamics of organizational learning |
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94 | (2) |
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The learning organization: emancipation or exploitation? |
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96 | (10) |
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The learning organization: the advocates' vision |
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97 | (3) |
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The learning organization: the pessimists' or sceptics' perspective |
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100 | (6) |
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106 | (1) |
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Case study The role of time and discontinuities in shaping the complex dynamics of organizational learning |
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107 | (2) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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109 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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109 | (1) |
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7 Innovation and Knowledge Processes |
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110 | (16) |
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110 | (1) |
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The scope and evolution of Nonaka's knowledge creation theory |
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111 | (1) |
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The epistemology of knowledge creation theory |
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112 | (1) |
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SECI and knowledge creation/conversion |
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113 | (3) |
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116 | (1) |
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The critique of Nonaka's knowledge creation theory |
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116 | (4) |
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Innovation, knowledge processes, and absorptive capacity |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (1) |
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Case study Knowledge creation, absorptive capacity, and product innovativeness |
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124 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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125 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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125 | (1) |
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8 Unlearning, Knowledge Loss, and the Protection of Knowledge |
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126 | (22) |
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126 | (2) |
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Unlearning and forgetting in organizational contexts |
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128 | (1) |
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Unlearning as a type of deliberate forgetting |
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128 | (3) |
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Unlearning, learning, and change |
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131 | (2) |
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Antecedents of unlearning |
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133 | (4) |
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Individual-level antecedents of unlearning |
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134 | (1) |
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Organizational-level antecedents of unlearning |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (3) |
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Leakage from tacit and explicit knowledge perspectives |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (3) |
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143 | (1) |
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Case study The impact of team reflexivity and stress on unlearning and innovation in new product development teams |
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143 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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144 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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145 | (3) |
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PART 4 Introduction to ICTs and Knowledge Management |
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Inseparability of knowledge management and computer-based technology |
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148 | (1) |
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Linking knowledge management and ICTs |
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148 | (3) |
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9 Objectivist Perspectives on ICTs and Knowledge Management |
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151 | (12) |
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151 | (1) |
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Objectivist perspective on ICT-enabled knowledge management |
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151 | (1) |
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Epistemological assumptions and ICTs |
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152 | (1) |
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Three ICT-enabled knowledge management approaches based on the objectivist perspective |
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152 | (7) |
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Repository-based approach to ICT-based knowledge management |
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152 | (3) |
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Process and domain knowledge model approach to ICT-based knowledge management |
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155 | (2) |
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Sensor-based approach to ICT-based knowledge management |
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157 | (2) |
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Critical reflection of objectivist approaches on ICTs and knowledge management |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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Case study Wiki as tool to share knowledge in an SME |
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160 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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161 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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162 | (1) |
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10 Practice-Based Perspectives on ICT-Enabled Knowledge Management |
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163 | (14) |
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163 | (1) |
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Epistemological assumptions and ICTs |
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163 | (1) |
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Practice-based perspectives on knowledge and the three roles for ICTs in knowledge management |
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164 | (7) |
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Network-based approach to ICT-based knowledge management |
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164 | (2) |
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Collaboration tools to facilitate ICT-based communication and knowledge sharing |
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166 | (3) |
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Crowd-based approach to ICT-based knowledge management |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (1) |
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Case study Yammer at Deloitte Australia |
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171 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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172 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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173 | (4) |
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PART 5 Socio-cultural Issues Related to Managing and Sharing Knowledge |
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11 The Influence of Socio-cultural Factors in Motivating Workers to Participate in Knowledge Management Initiatives |
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177 | (18) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (2) |
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The context of the employment relationship: employer-employee relations in business organizations |
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180 | (2) |
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The ubiquity of conflict in business organizations and its impact on knowledge processes |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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Case study ParcelCo: a case study of factors inhibiting knowledge sharing |
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192 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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193 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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194 | (1) |
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12 Communities of Practice |
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195 | (21) |
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195 | (1) |
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Defining communities of practice |
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196 | (1) |
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Communities of practice: origins, features, and dynamics |
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197 | (3) |
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Communities of practice and intra-community knowledge processes |
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200 | (1) |
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Types of communities of practice |
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200 | (3) |
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203 | (1) |
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Managing communities of practice |
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204 | (3) |
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Visualizing and analysing communities of practice: social network analysis |
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207 | (2) |
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Critical perspectives on communities of practice |
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209 | (3) |
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Power, conflict, and the internal dynamics of communities |
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210 | (1) |
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Blinkered and inward-looking communities |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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Case study Communities of practice as means to implement agile software development at Ericsson |
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213 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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214 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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214 | (2) |
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13 Boundary-Spanning Knowledge Processes in Heterogeneous Collaborations |
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216 | (19) |
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216 | (2) |
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The significance of boundary-spanning collaboration |
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218 | (2) |
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Characterizing boundary-spanning knowledge processes |
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220 | (4) |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (2) |
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Identity, knowledge, trust, and social relations |
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224 | (2) |
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A classification of boundary types |
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226 | (1) |
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Facilitating/managing knowledge between communities |
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227 | (4) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (1) |
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Case study Cross-functional knowledge sharing in R&D via co-location: the case of Novartis |
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232 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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233 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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234 | (1) |
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14 Power, Politics, Conflict, and Knowledge Processes |
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235 | (20) |
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235 | (1) |
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Two perspectives on power and the power/knowledge relationship |
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236 | (2) |
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Power as a resource and the critical discourse on knowledge management |
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238 | (6) |
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Theorizing power and power/knowledge relations |
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238 | (2) |
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Linking power and knowledge to conflict and politics |
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240 | (3) |
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The critical discourse on knowledge management and the inevitability of power and conflict in business organizations |
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243 | (1) |
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Power/knowledge and the dialogical discourse on knowledge management |
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244 | (4) |
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Conceptualizing power/knowledge |
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245 | (1) |
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Discourse, power/knowledge, and the legitimation of truth claims |
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246 | (1) |
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Power/knowledge and conflict across organizational boundaries |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (1) |
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Case study Power matters: the importance of Foucault's power/knowledge in knowledge management research |
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249 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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250 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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250 | (5) |
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PART 6 The Management of Knowledge Work (and Workers) |
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15 Facilitating Knowledge Management via the Use of Human Resource Management Practices |
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255 | (16) |
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255 | (1) |
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Why HRM practices are important to knowledge management |
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256 | (2) |
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HRM practices and knowledge management |
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258 | (7) |
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Recruitment and selection |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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Reward and performance appraisal |
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263 | (2) |
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HRM, staff retention, and knowledge management |
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265 | (2) |
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267 | (1) |
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Case study Rethinking the role of HRM practices in facilitating knowledge exchange: a case study of CERN, a knowledge-intensive organization |
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268 | (1) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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269 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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269 | (2) |
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16 Leadership, Organization Culture Management, and Knowledge Management |
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271 | (16) |
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271 | (2) |
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The impact of organizational culture on knowledge management activities |
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273 | (4) |
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Creating and managing an organizational culture to support knowledge management activities |
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277 | (1) |
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The conceptualization of leadership in the academic business and management literature |
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278 | (3) |
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Knowledge management and leadership |
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281 | (3) |
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284 | (1) |
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Case study The impact of organizational culture on knowledge sharing: the case of Danisco |
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284 | (2) |
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Review and Discussion Questions |
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286 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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286 | (1) |
References |
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287 | (28) |
Index |
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