By: John Rhodes (Editor), John Garrick (Editor)

Hardcover

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This fascinating and controversial text makes sense of the complexities of research in the workplace and how 'working' knowledge is constructed. Featuring experts from Britain, Japan, North America and Australia, it is an outstanding contribution to the literature of Human Resource Management (HRM). It's interdisciplinary approach addresses key issues and debates such as:
* the influences of new technology, language, power, culture and gender upon the 'construction' of knowledge
* the impact of globalization
* working knowledge into the 21st century
* practice and performance implications.
It's outlook, geared towards the 21st century, makes it essential reading for researchers, teachers and students within HRM, policy-makers and all those concerned with professional development.

'[This book includes] rich and rewarding discussions of an area of learning outside mainstream educational theorising. I have no hesitation in urging anyone interested in traversing the territory that business and education now have in common, to purchase this book. They will not be dispappointed and will find much that is stimulating and provocative in its pages.' - Studies in Continuing Education

'This text investigates the twentieth-century obsession with information and research, exploring what constitutes worthwhile and important knowledge ... such a study has has an extraordinary bearing on the study of popular culture.' - Tara Brabazon - Years Work in Critical Cultural Theory

Foreword	p. xii
Legitimising Knowledge at Work	p. 1
Knowledge, Learning and the Practice of Work	p. 13
Working Knowledge	p. 15
Notes	p. 30
Research on Work, Research at Work	p. 32
References	p. 49
The Crisis of Scientific Research	p. 51
Whose Knowledge? Collaboration and Research in and Around Work	p. 75
Globalising the Intelligent Organisation	p. 77
Knowledge and Control in the Japanese Workplace	p. 100
Organisational Knowledge, Professional Practice and the Professional Doctorate at Work	p. 117
Notes	p. 134
Research and Engagement with Trade Unions	p. 137
The Negotiated Management of Meanings	p. 158
Research Partnerships at Work	p. 178
References	p. 198
Changing Practices of Research at Work	p. 201
The Construction of 'working Knowledge' and (mis) Interpretive Research	p. 203
'doing' Knowledge at Work	p. 217
References	p. 230
An Adventure in 'postmodern' Action Research	p. 232
Notes	p. 247
Virtual Research in Performative Times	p. 250
Conclusions	p. 269
Inside the Knowledge Works	p. 271
References	p. 277
Index	p. 278
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ISBN: 9780415213370
ISBN-10: 0415213371
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 304
Published: 7th July 2000
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 13.8  x 2.6
Weight (kg): 0.48