Organizational Epistemology

A book that has been foundational for me trying to make sense of orchestras is Reframing Organizations, by Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal. I'll be returning to their framework in later posts, so I'm taking a moment to sketch it out here.

Rationalists would claim that knowledge comes from reason or ideas, while empiricists would answer that knowledge is derived from the senses or impressions. The difference between these two philosophical schools of thought, with respect to the distinction between ideas and impressions, can be examined in order to determine how these schools determine the source of knowledge. The distinguishing factor that determines the perspective on the foundation of knowledge is the concept of the divine.

In order to manage knowledge successfully, it is essential to clarify the essence of knowledge before identifying the importance of knowledge management. The perception of knowledge has been varied broadly; however, one of the generally accepted defintion is from Davenport and Prusak (1998). According to their points of view, knowledge is defined as a set of experience and values, it either comes from individuals ' mind or roots in the organisation, which can be found in the documents, routines, practices and norms, and is assumed to flow between individuals through various networks, being used to assess and embody new

The ways in which the aims of this mission are going to be achieved will be specifically outlined in the vision statement provided. The importance of hitting our mark is paramount, for our children are our future, and making sure that they are successful, competitive citizens should be our highest concern.  Sometimes this process can be more challenging when put into practice.

The nature of an organisation determines the different financial statements required to be completed annually. This report will analyse three contrasting types of entities, in addition to the differences in the annual reports produced.

Hislop, D. (2013). Knowledge management in organizations: A critical introduction (3rd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Presently, the worldview will always influence the change in an organization since everyone has a different perspective about strategy and structure before defining a strategy. Interestingly, an organization, the structure still follows strategy. Both terms, structure, and strategy are basically from the Bible since it discusses the way we organize the world and the way we observe the world. Moreover, an organizational leader should be able to reconcile opposing viewpoints without giving any fault or compromising the principle by dealing with the other in a method that fits the other best. This type of action brings into an alignment with its significance sequence accordingly, creating industrialized, marketing, and human resource strategies

Rene Descartes, the Father of Modern Philosophy, based his beliefs off of one piece of knowledge that he found to be absolutely certain; “I now know that even bodies are perceived not by the senses or by imagination but by the intellect alone, not through their being touched or seen but through their being understood; and this helps me to understand that I can perceive my own mind more easily and clearly than I can anything else” (Descartes, 1639, Second Mediation). Descartes explains that all knowledge other than the answer to what one’s self is, is questionable. As a philosopher, he seeks answers to the remainder of knowledge despite being unsure of the validity of the answers he finds.

There is much disagreement among great philosophers regarding the method by which the soul obtains knowledge. A strict materialist may say that knowledge is acquired solely through sense while Platonic scholars are more inclined to believe that sensation is entirely unrelated to the intellect. Among the most common postulates is the belief of Aquinas that all natural knowledge begins with sensory experience. Aquinas preaches that the intellect and the sense are unrelated. The intellect can be conceived while sensory experiences can be perceived.

According to Mclean and Marshall (1993) organisational culture is defined as the collection of traditions, values, policies, beliefs and attitudes that contribute a pervasive context for everything we do and think in an organisation. (ie) this means that these factors actually determine how we think as well as act and react not only to people from within the same organisation but also to anybody on the outside who has some sort of interaction with the organisation. As can be seen with the part-structure in Figure 1, this organisation (WHD) has various levels of management. There is quite

Ancient philosopher started to create their own theories to answer questions, such as the meaning of life. In order to answer them, they first had to study the acquisition of the knowledge itself known as epistemology. Epistemology is the study of knowledge and is divided into two believes rationalism and empiricism. Rationalism consists of innate ideas and is learn by reason, also known as the priori knowledge. Philosophers like Plato and Descartes used this belief as their justification of their knowledge. Plato by stating that the innate ideas are forms; "Perfect, unchanging, ideal forms lend order and understanding to physical reality" (Stevenson 15). And Descartes believing that the innate ideas are based perfection "spiritual reality, including God and the mind"(Stevenson 15). On the other hand, Empiricism is created by experiences and sense, best known as posterior knowledge. Some philosophers that stand by this believe where Hume and Locke. Hume's theory was a focus on human nature and analyzing the scientific reasoning and its limitations. As for Locke, he argued the innate ideas and included a political perspective on natural

Empiricist philosophers such as John Locke believe that knowledge must come from experience. Others philosophers such as Descartes believe that knowledge is innate; this way of thinking is used by rationalist. In this paper I will discuss the difference between Descartes rationalism in his essays "The Meditations" and Locke's empiricism in his essays "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding". I will then lend my understanding as to what I believe as the ultimate source of knowledge.

The debate between knowledge and belief has been a major topic in philosophy forever. However based on the simple ideas

Knowledge has been debated back and forth whether if it was obtained innately or through life experience. However, Rene Descartes came across this question about certainty. If the knowledge we obtained, were a reliable source of information. He believed in skepticism, that we don’t really know anything at all. Descartes mentions that he will need to start from the building blocks of his foundations to determine if what he really believed in were in fact true. He starts off by questioning his senses for occasionally deceiving him but he recognizes how extreme it would be not to trust his senses just because it infrequently deceives him. Descartes moves on by determining if he is just dreaming. It is difficult to know the difference between real

Knowledge can refer to a theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be tacit (as with practical skill or expertise) or explicit (as with the theoretical understanding of a subject); it can be more or less formal or systematic. Botha et al (2008) pointed out that tacit and explicit knowledge should be seen as a spectrum rather than as definitive points. Therefore, in practice, all knowledge is a mixture of tacit and explicit elements rather than being one or the other. The most important distinction within KM is between explicit and tacit knowledge. The overload of data is making knowledge management increasingly more important as it facilitates decision-making capabilities; builds learning organizations by making learning routine, and stimulates cultural change and innovation.