Research and knowledge at work : perspectives, case-studies and innovative strategies / edited by John Garrick and Carl Rhodes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Annotation 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.

Chapter 1 Legitimising knowledge at work / JOHN GARRICK -- part PART I Knowledge, learning and the practice of work -- chapter 2 Working knowledge / RONALD BARNETT -- chapter 3 Research on work, research at work: postmodern perspectives / RICHARD EDWARDS -- chapter 4 The crisis of scientific research / CHRISTINE EWAN -- part PART II Whose knowledge? Collaboration and research in and around work -- chapter 5 Globalising the intelligent organisation / STEWART CLEGG -- chapter 6 Knowledge and control in the Japanese workplace / KEIKO MORITA -- chapter 7 Organisational knowledge, professional practice and the professional doctorate at work / ALISON LEE -- chapter 8 Research and engagement with trade unions: bridging the solitudes / CARLA LIPSIG-MUMME -- chapter 9 The negotiated management of meanings: research for policy / JOHN MCINTYRE -- chapter 10 Research partnerships at work: new identities for new times / HERMINE SCHEERES -- part PART III Changing practices of research at work -- chapter 11 The construction of working knowledge and (mis) interpretive research / JOHN GARRICK -- chapter 12 Doing knowledge at work: dialogue, monologue and power in organisational learning / CARL RHODES -- chapter 13 An adventure in postmodern action research: performativity, professionalism and power / JILL SANGUINETTI -- chapter 14 Virtual research in performative times / ROBIN USHER -- part PART IV Conclusions -- chapter 15 Inside the knowledge works: reviewing the terrain / CARL RHODES.

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