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The Structuration of Organizational Learning

Hans Berends

j.j.berends{at}tm.tue.nl

Kees Boersma

fk.boersma{at}fsw.vu.nl

Mathieu Weggeman

m.c.d.p.weggeman{at}tm.tue.nl

Although it is currently common to speak of organizational learning, this notion is still surrounded by conceptual confusion. It is unclear how notions like learning, knowledge and cognitive activities can be applied to organizations. Some authors have tried to unravel the conceptual and ontological problems by giving an account of the role of individuals in organizational learning. However, this has not yet led to an agreed upon analysis. In this article we use structuration theory to overcome the dualism of individual and organization in organizational learning. We support, illustrate and elaborate our structurationist perspective by an ethnographic and historical study of an industrial research laboratory. We show how organizational learning evolves from distributed social practices, creatively realized by knowledgeable individuals, and illustrate how these practices are enabled and constrained by existing structur

Key Words: individual learning • industrial research • organizational learning • structuration theory

Human Relations, Vol. 56, No. 9, 1035-1056 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0018726703569001
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