Knowledge Evolution And Societal Transformations: Action Theory To Solve Ad...

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Title:Knowledge Evolution And Societal Transformations: Action Theory To Solve Adaptive ProblemsISBN13:9781839982354ISBN10:1839982357Author:Hage, Jerald (Author), Patton, Michael Quinn (Foreword by)Description:Knowledge Is More Than Information But Instead The Organizing Of Information Into Theories And Practices That Allow Us To Do Things And Accomplish Goals The First Stage Of Knowledge Creation Depended Upon Creative Scientists And Entrepreneurs, But The Second Stage Required Research Laboratories And Teams Now Cooperation Between Organizations Is Necessary To Solve Individual, Organizational, Institutional, And Global Problems That Face Us Today Individuals Presently Are Raised In Four Kinds Of Social Contexts: Traditional, Modern, Post-Modern, And Anomic These Contexts Explain Partisan Divides As Well As The Inability Of Some To Succeed In Society Post-Modern Contexts Produce Individuals Who Are Cognitively Complex, Creative, Critical But Have Empathy Towards Others The Acceleration In Knowledge Creation Is Caused By Not Only The Growth Of More Post-Modern Individuals Who Are Creative But Organizational Innovation And Innovative Regions Organizational Structures That Discourage Radical Innovations Are Contrasted With Those That Facilitate It Similarly, The Histories Of Three Innovative Regions--Silicon Valley, Kistra In Sweden, And Hsinchu In Taiwan--Are Contrasted With The Failure Of Rt 128 Near Boston During The Second Wave Of Knowledge Creation, Social Structures Were Differentiated Vertically Now In The Third Wave, The Differentiation Process Is Horizontal In The Stratification System This Means Different Capitalist Classes And Work Logics Rather Than Social Classes With Super Salaries, Thus Increasing Social Inequality In The Study Of Organizations, This Translates Into Missionary And Self-Management Forms Where Post-Modern Individuals Obtain Meaningful Work And Ask For Customized Service In The Study Of Networks It Means The Rise Of Systemic Coordinated Networks Replacing Supply Chains Given The Growing Inefficiencies Of Labor Markets, Productservice Markets, And Public Markets (Elections), Systemic Coordinated Networks Are Proposed As A Solution Furthermore, We Need A National Corps Of Individuals With Special Skills In Sectors With Shortages Who Can Then Be Assigned To Work In Disadvantaged Areas Pre-School, Primary School, And Secondary School Need To Be Reinvented To Facilitate More Upward Social Mobility Agriculture And Industry Also Require Radical New Innovations To Build A New Civil Society, Governments Have To Encourage Participation In Programs That Help Others Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Anthem PressPublication Date:2021-08-03Weight:0 lbsDimensions:Number of Pages:418Language:English