Research and Knowledge at Work: Prospectives, Case-Studies and Innovative Strategies / Edition 1

by John Garrick, Carl Rhodes

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415213387
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/04/2000
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Garrick Senior researcher and policy analyst at the Research Centre for Vocational Education and Training at the University of Technology, Sydney. Carl Rhodes Consultant and manager in organisation development, change management and human resource development, and is an Associate of the Faculty of Education at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Legitimising knowledge at work, John Garrick, Carl Rhodes; Part I Knowledge, learning and the practice of work; Chapter 2 Working knowledge, Ronald Barnett; Chapter 3 Research on work, research at work, Richard Edwards, Robin Usher; Chapter 4 The crisis of scientific research, Christine Ewan, Dennis Calvert; 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, Bill Green, Marie Brennan; Chapter 8 Research and engagement with trade unions, Carla Lipsig-Mummé; Chapter 9 The negotiated management of meanings, John Mclntyre, Rosie Wickert; Chapter 10 Research Part nerships at work New identities for new times, Hermine Scheeres, Nicky Solomon; 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, Carl Rhodes; Chapter 13 An adventure in ‘postmodern’ action research, Jill Sanguinetti; Chapter 14 Virtual research in performative times, Robin Usher, Richard Edwards; Part IV Conclusions; Chapter 15 Inside the knowledge works, Carl Rhodes, John Garrick;

Editorial Reviews

'[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

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