ERIC Number: EJ1235076
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Publication Date: 2019
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From Individuals to the Organization
El-Awad, Ziad
Learning Organization, v26 n6 p617-630 2019
Purpose: This study aims to develop a process model that details the mechanisms and learning processes by which entrepreneurial learning transpires at multiple levels in the organization. Using the transactive memory system (TMS) framework as a reference, the model specifies how individual streams of knowledge are routinized in nonhuman elements and, over time, become embedded in organizational routines and procedures. Design/methodology/approach: The research uses a case-study methodology building on 18 in-depth semi-structured interviews, 20 h of non-participative observations and internal company documents. Findings: The study demonstrates that knowledge is channeled from individuals to the organization via mechanisms that operate at the venture-team level -- principally externalizing distinctions; rotating task work; co-constructing the task; and routinizing behavior. These mechanisms are fundamental for creating knowledge repertoires on which team members can build and for channeling different knowledge domains into the organization. Originality/value: The study offers a dynamic view of entrepreneurial learning, underlining the structural and transactive components of TMS as being foundational for embedding knowledge in organizational routines and procedures.
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Learning, Organizations (Groups), Models, Learning Processes, Organizational Culture, Memory, Knowledge Management
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Language: English
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