Overview
- Conceptualizes the organization as a nexus of stakeholders' resources and interests
- Provides a new perspective on organizational learning
- Applies the framework of relational economics
Part of the book series: Relational Economics and Organization Governance (REOG)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book critically examines existing organizational learning theories that often center on employees and adopt a neo-classical organizational view. In this book, organizational learning (OL) is conceptualized from a relational governance perspective. Departing from the relational economics approach, it describes organizations as dynamic nexuses of stakeholders' resources and interests, extending beyond conventional intra-organizational contexts to encompass an open systems view. By viewing organizations as independent entities, distinct from individual stakeholders, the author introduces the concept of transactions as the fundamental unit of analysis in organization theory. Stakeholders contribute diverse rationalities, and OL emerges as the process of relationalizing these rationalities, enabling multi-contextual transactions within organizations.
This book sheds light on epistemological and ontological challenges in OL literature, such as the OL paradox and anthropomorphism. To address these issues, the author advocates a shift from methodological individualism to methodological relationism, wherein OL becomes a micro-meso-relational process involving both stakeholders and the organization as an entity. Combining conceptual insights with empirical evidence from a multinational company's case study, the book showcases how relational learning can be practically applied in organizations. The findings corroborate the conceptual framework, supporting the notion of organizations as resource-rich nexuses and learning as a comprehensive relational process involving both entities and stakeholders. This book offers an essential contribution to the field. It appeals to scholars and practitioners interested in organizational studies, corporate governance, and relational economics.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jessica Geraldo Schwengber holds the position of lecturer and research associate at the Chair of Institutional Economics and Transcultural Leadership at Zeppelin University, Germany. In addition to her academic role, she serves as the project manager for the Transcultural Caravan at the Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin. Her research interests include organizational and transcultural learning, corporate governance, relational economics, organizational theory, value management, and qualitative research methodology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Organizational Learning as Relational Governance
Authors: Jessica Geraldo Schwengber
Series Title: Relational Economics and Organization Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52015-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-52014-3Published: 08 March 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-52017-4Due: 08 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-52015-0Published: 07 March 2024
Series ISSN: 2662-9852
Series E-ISSN: 2662-9860
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 152
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Institutional/Evolutionary Economics, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Organization