Organisational Learning in Complex Epistemic Environments: Reflections from Studies of Professional Work in Norway

Autor/in	Nerland, Monika
Titel	Organisational Learning in Complex Epistemic Environments: Reflections from Studies of Professional Work in Norway
Quelle	In: Learning Organization, 29 (2022) 3, S.243-254 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0969-6474
DOI	10.1108/TLO-02-2022-0025
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Organizational Learning; Epistemology; Power Structure; Higher Education; Professionalism; Educational Opportunities; Health Personnel; Technology Uses in Education; Coping; Educational Change; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Organisationslernen; Erkenntnistheorie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Professionalität; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Medizinisches Personal; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Bewältigung; Bildungsreform; Norwegen
Abstract	Purpose: The aim of this invited paper is to explore how more complex epistemic environments generate opportunities and challenges for organizational learning in professional realms. Based on these explorations, a second aim is to discuss whether there are specific conditions in Nordic working life that facilitates or restricts such learning opportunities. Design/methodology/approach: The paper discusses conditions for organizational learning in terms of changing knowledge practices and relations. Examples from studies of knowledge work in the Norwegian education and health sectors are provided to illustrate how professionals become involved in epistemic practices as part of their work and how these practices are changing in relation to evolving knowledge cultures. Findings: The paper conceptualises and discusses how knowledge practices are changing in relation to specific and increasingly complex epistemic environments. It is argued that features such as low power distance, high levels of higher education participation, well-developed digital infrastructures and a general trust in professionals are conducive to learning. At the same time, taking advantage of learning opportunities are increasingly depending on individuals' agency and capacities to cope with new demands. Originality/value: To better account for the complexity of epistemic environments, organisational learning can be seen as a matter of connecting epistemic practices in the local work organisation to wider knowledge circuits. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01