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The firm as a distributed knowledge system: A constructionist approach

Tsoukas, Haridimos·1996·Strategic Management Journal
DOI 10.1002/smj.4250171104
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The organizational problem firms face is the utilization of knowledge which is not, and cannot be, known by a single agent. Even more importantly, no single agent can fully specify in advance what kind of practical knowledge is going to be relevant, when and where. Firms, therefore, are distributed knowledge systems in a strong sense: they are decentered systems, lacking an overseeing ‘mind’. The knowledge they need to draw upon is inherently indeterminate and continually emerging; it is not self‐contained. Individuals' stock of knowledge consists of (a) role‐related normative expectations; (b) dispositions, which have been formed in the course of past socializations; and (c) local knowledge of particular circumstances of time and place. A firm has greater‐or‐lesser control over normative expectations, but very limited control over the other two. At any point in time, a firm's knowledge is the indeterminate outcome of individuals attempting to manage the inevitable tensions between normative expectations, dispositions, and local contexts.

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Authors
Tsoukas, H.
Venue
Strategic Management Journal
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1996-12
Volume
17
Issue
S2
Pages
11-25
ISSN
  • 0143-2095 (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-0266
DOI
10.1002/smj.4250171104
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W2122541324
Cited by
2,007
References
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67.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
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