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1 online resource illustrations (black and white) |
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Transformation and Innovation Ser |
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Transformation and Innovation Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Foreword -- Prologue -- 1 Introducing knowledge creation -- References -- Part I The call -- 2 Why knowledge creation and innovation -- Introduction -- What catalyses knowledge creation and innovation? -- Social needs -- Economic needs -- Environmental needs -- Political needs -- Historical needs -- Intellectual needs -- Educational needs -- Spiritual needs -- Knowledge creation and the world of work -- Genealogical process -- Contemporary Zimbabwean context |
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Why knowledge can never remain static -- Consciousness to evolution: Knowing what you need to change -- The importance of knowledge in any civilisation -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II The context -- 3 The philosophy of knowledge creation -- Introduction -- What is philosophy? -- Metaphysics -- Ontology -- Epistemology -- The early philosophers -- Ancient philosophers -- Modern philosophers -- Descartes, Milton, Hume, Kant and Hegel -- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) -- Husserl (1859-1938) -- Senghor (1906-2001) -- Contemporary African philosophers |
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Early explorers and missionaries' views on Africa -- Views and facts on Western philosophy -- African philosophy -- Kwasi Wiredu (1980) -- Kwame Gyekye (1995) -- Paulin Hountondji -- Ethnophilosophy -- Professional contemporary African philosophers -- Philosophy and knowledge creation -- Lessons learnt from philosophy -- What then is knowledge? -- The link between philosophy and knowledge creation -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Context -- 4 Religion and the subject of knowledge -- Introduction -- Religious influences on knowledge creation in the East -- What is religion? |
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The Christian perspective -- The Islamic perspective -- The Hindu perspective -- The Chinese folk religion perspective -- The Buddhist perspective -- Religion in Japan -- Holding the space of listening -- Observing -- Sensing -- Presencing -- Crystallising -- Prototyping -- Performing -- Jaworski's "Source" -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Knowledge creation and societal learning in the East: The SECI model -- Introduction -- Creating knowledge -- an Eastern perspective -- Nonaka and Takeuchi's theory of organisational knowledge creation -- The four modes of knowledge conversion |
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Socialisation: From tacit to tacit -- Externalisation: From tacit to explicit -- Combination: From explicit to explicit -- Internalisation: From explicit to tacit -- The knowledge spiral -- Ba: Platform for knowledge creation -- Enabling conditions for organisational knowledge creation -- Intention -- Autonomy -- Fluctuation and creative chaos -- Redundancy -- Requisite variety -- The five-phase model for organisational knowledge-creation process -- Sharing tacit knowledge -- Creating concepts -- Justifying concepts -- Building an archetype -- Cross-levelling knowledge |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429849299 |
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042984929X |
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