How has Japan become a major economic power, a world leader in the automotive and electronics industries? What is the secret of their success? The consensus has been that, though the Japanese are not particularly innovative, they are exceptionally skilful at imitation, at improving products that already exist. But now two leading Japanese business experts, Ikujiro Nonaka and Hiro Takeuchi, turn this conventional wisdom on its head: Japanese firms are successful, they contend, precisely because they are innovative, because they create new knowledge and use it to produce successful products and technologies. Examining case studies drawn from such firms as Honda, Canon, Matsushita, NEC, 3M, GE, and the U.S. Marines, this book reveals how Japanese companies translate tacit to explicit knowledge and use it to produce new processes, products, and services.

The knowledge-creating company : how Japanese companies create the dynamics of innovation

Knowledge Management

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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations List of Figures, Tables and Boxes Preface About the Contributors Part 1: Introduction 1. The Ecological Challenge in Organization Theory and Organizational Behaviour Ralph Meirna and Richard Welford Part 2: Framing the Organizational Dimensions of the Natural Environment 2. Defining the Problem: Diagnostic 'Tools' to Explore the Evolution of Unsustainable Practices in Organizations Tony Ernerson and Richard Welford 3. The Challenge of Ecological Logic: Explaining Distinctive Organizational Phenomena in Corporate Environmental Management Ralph Meima 4. Power, Organizational Culture and Ecological Abuse Tony Ernerson and Richard Welford Part 3: Developing Strategies for Managerial Action 5. Developing an Environmental Culture Through Organizational Change and Learning Minna Halrne 6. Reassessing Culture and Strategy: Environmental Improvement, Structure, Leadership and Control John Dodge 7. Culture Change, Pluralism and Participation David Jones and Richard Welford 8. Human Resource Management, Strategic Organizational Capabilities and Sustainable Development Tony Ernerson, Rdph Meimu, Romney Tansley and Richard Welford References Index

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Purpose
This paper aims to stress the importance of practical wisdom (phronesis) for the knowledge management field. It is a relevant intellectual and ethical resource for responding to recent changes in the business environment and for responsibly and sustainably aligning organizations for the future. Organizations must find ways to reconcile social, environmental and economic goals and meet different and conflicting stakeholder needs. To this end, the authors challenge knowledge management researchers to feature practical wisdom as an enabler for responsible knowledge management built on solid ethical foundations.


Design/methodology/approach
The authors introduce the concept of phronesis, reaching from Aristotle’s The Nicomachean Ethics to Nonaka and Takeuchi’s The Wise Company. Based on a systematic review of the literature, the authors performed a bibliometric analysis. Moreover, the authors discuss the findings and offer avenues for future research.


Findings
The results provide an overview of the research on phronesis in the knowledge management field. It points out the leading articles and journals (e.g. Journal of Business Ethics and Journal of Knowledge Management). Likewise, it identifies thematic areas, i.e. knowledge management field, knowledge dynamics, organizational wisdom, leadership and followership, corporate social responsibility and red flags.


Originality/value
In this essay, the authors advise practical wisdom as a promising candidate for advancing the field of knowledge management towards responsible knowledge management. To pursue this, the authors propose to address instability and continuous change through practical wisdom and outline a research agenda to guide further research.


Practical wisdom, the (not so) secret ingredient for responsible knowledge management

Background. Physical activity (PA) is a keystone of diabetes management, but although self-exercise is beneficial, supervised exercise (SE), adapted to individual characteristics, and is more effective. Objectives. The main research goal is to compare SE patterns among diabetic and non-diabetic Portuguese adults. Methods. A total of 484 participants (85 diabetics, 399 non-diabetics), aged 41-90 years old (mean=58.9; SD=11.9) were interviewed. PA level was assessed using short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Attendance in different SE programs was evaluated across three kinds of PA programs providers: gym/health-clubs; swimming pools and other club/ sports facilities. Itens like Barriers to Exercise; Intention to participate; Importance of the structure and PA information sources were also evaluated. Independent t-tests were used to examine the difference between the group means, and Levene’s test was used to check the homokedasticity of the groups’ variances. Results. PA level of diabetics (32% low; 25% moderate; 44% high) and non-diabetics (29% low; 33% moderate; 39% high) display no differences. 90% of diabetics do not attend SE. The main barrier for diabetics’ non-participation is the perception that the exercise is not adequate to their health. Doctors are the preferred information source for diabetics and they rely less on information provided by the Internet, with may impair on-line campaigns. Conclusion. Promoting exercise in diabetics should shift the focus from "promoting physical activity" to "promoting SE".

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Supervised Exercise Patterns among Diabetic and Non-diabetic Portuguese Adults

With the aim to present some salient aspects of the Brazilian culture and how they may affect the processes of international negotiations, the paper addressed the different approaches that point out the specific qualities and patterns of Brazilian negotiator. Based on the international negotiations principles and the role of culture, the study presents some of the most discussed theoretical frameworks that investigate such issues. On the other hand, considering the results of few and disconnected investigations, it identifies the main cultural characteristics of the Brazilian negotiators according to three models. The results of the literature review show that because of the geographical extension of the country and population’s diversity, it is not possible to set up a unique profile of Brazilian negotiator. The paper concludes with some recommendations for potential trader interested in doing business in Brazil.

	Key words: International negotiation, Brazilian culture, international trade agreements, international relationships.

International negotiations with Brazil: An essay about culture factor

Accumulating knowledge does not guarantee better problem solving; thus, success is not about knowing more. The lack of success of Knowledge Management in generating the expected value and competitive advantages opened doors to Organisational Wisdom. Wisdom can be defined as the capacity to put into action the most suitable behaviour, considering what is known and what does the most good. The purpose of this article is to understand the perception of managers about Knowledge Management and Organisational Wisdom. The research conducted was exploratory on a qualitative method. The interviews were developed electronically in organisations located in Brazil, Portugal, Bulgaria, Serbia, Angola, Argentina, Australia, and China. There is a disparity between the advancement of theory and practice in organisations. It concludes that managers have a simplistic notion of what Knowledge Management is, they do not understand the idea of "ba" and are focused on explicit knowledge, they still fail to understand in a global way knowledge and how it should be managed and have almost no notion of what organisational wisdom is. They understand the importance of the leader, mainly because they are leaders, giving importance to their function.

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Managers perceptions about knowledge management and Organisational Wisdom

O conhecimento dos Professores de Educacao Fisica (EF) sobre 1 os socorros condiciona a sua atuacao em situacoes de emergencia, pelo que e importante avalia-lo Neste sentido, desenhou-se um questionario para avaliar (1) o conhecimento teorico sobre como atuar em situacoes de emergencia (KT); (2) o conhecimento operacional (KO) de atuacao face a emergencia e (3) de que modo idade, genero, habilitacoes literarias, percecao do conhecimento e fontes de informacao influenciam KT e KO Participaram no estudo 284 professores (577% H; 419% M; 376 ± 71 anos), onde 19% dos professores entrevistados tem bom nivel de KT e 49,5% bom nivel de KO A idade e habilitacoes literarias influenciam o conhecimento: os mais jovens mostram melhor KT e KO e os Mestres melhor KT mas um nivel igual de KO O genero nao influencia nem KT nem KO Medicos/enfermeiros e formacao profissional sao as melhores fontes de informacao para melhorar KO Uma vez que 505% dos professores apresentam nivel mau ou medio de KO, a introducao de modulos de 1 os socorros na formacao profissional, especialmente se estes forem lecionados por medicos/enfermeiros, pode ser uma estrategia eficiente para melhorar o conhecimento de atuacao face a emergencia

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Paulo Pinheiro

Papers

Practical wisdom, the (not so) secret ingredient for responsible knowledge management

Supervised Exercise Patterns among Diabetic and Non-diabetic Portuguese Adults

International negotiations with Brazil: An essay about culture factor

Managers perceptions about knowledge management and Organisational Wisdom

Avaliação do conhecimento dos professores de educação física para reagirem a situações de emergência