Integral Knowledge Creation and Innovation: Empowering Knowledge Communities

ISBN-13: 9781138316515 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 220 str.

Elizabeth Mamukwa

Opis

The focus of this book is placed on creating and developing knowledge in the world of work. It is premised on the fact that knowledge is not static, but forever evolving and by the realisation that the best way to improve knowledge is to do so as a community, and not individually.

Spis treści

1. Introducing Knowledge Creation PART I: THE CALL: WHY KNOWLEDGE CREATION 2. Why Knowledge Creation and Innovation PART II: THE CONTEXT: A BACKGROUND TO KNOWLEDGE CREATION 3. The Philosophy of Knowledge Creation PART III: CONTEXT: KNOWLEDGE CONCIOUSNESS IN DIFFERENT SOCIETIES AND COMMUNITIES 4. Religion and the Subject of Knowledge 5. Knowledge Creation and Societal Learning in the East: The SECI Model 6. Knowledge Creation and Societal Learning in the North and West PART IV: CO-CREATION: THE MODE 2 UNIVERSITY AND KNOWLEDGE CREATION THROUGH INNOVATION 7. Knowledge Creation and Innovation at a Zimbabwean University: The Harare Institute of Technology Case Story 8. The Mode 2 University: The Da Vinci Institute Case Story PART V: CO-CREATION: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 9. My Research to Innovation Journey: Research Methodology 10. Cooperative Inquiry: Towards New Forms of Knowledge Creation PART VI: CONTRIBUTION: OVERVIEW AND OUTCOMES OF THE RESEARCH 11. The Calabash of Knowledge Creation (Denhe re Ruzivo) 12. The Second Calabash: Pundutso Centre for Integral Development 13. Conclusion to Knowledge Creation and Innovation

O autorze

Elizabeth Mamukwa is Research Director at the Pundutso Research Institute. She was the chief editor for Integral Green Zimbabwe (2014). She began her career as a schoolteacher and then moved to Industry and Commerce in the Human Resources discipline. She has worked in five corporates in the Agriculture, Engineering, Manufacturing and Telecommunications sectors, rising to the position of Human Resources Director. She also carries out some consulting work.