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Mapping Knowledge in Work

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The Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning

Part of the book series: The Knowledge Economy and Education ((KNOW,volume 4))

Abstract

Governments and firms are exhorted, on pain of relegation to the lower divisions of (un-)competitiveness, to embrace the idea of a knowledge economy (Department for Trade and Industry, 1998; European Communities, 2004; Hamel & Prahalad, 1996; Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995; OECD, 2001a; Reich, 1993; World Bank, 2002). However, this mainstream academic and policy debate tends to be prescriptive and insensitive to real developments in the economy and workplace. It also fails to provide the necessary conceptual definitions and distinctions concerning the use of knowledge in the workplace.

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  1. Chris Warhurst
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  1. University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    D. W. Livingstone

  2. University of London, London, UK

    David Guile

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Warhurst, C., Thompson, P. (2012). Mapping Knowledge in Work. In: Livingstone, D.W., Guile, D. (eds) The Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning. The Knowledge Economy and Education, vol 4. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-915-2_3

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