Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning (KMOL)

The main objective is to empirically describe everyday life in organisations, how knowledge-intensive organisations are led, discuss how they can make a culture for better organisational learning – and why this is vital for small and medium companies in an era of rapid changes.

Key Information

Duration: 2020 -

Participants: Olav Johansen (leder), Anne H. Gausdal, Cathrine Filstad, Martin Skogheim

Background

The idea is to think big and start small and to create an informal, diverse, bottom-up-driven group.

The group was created in early October 2020 and has currently five members from SCLM, including two PhD students.

The members have published in books and high-ranking journals, including:

Industry and Innovation
The Scandinavian Journal of Business Research
The Journal of Trust Research
Regional Studies
The Journal of the Knowledge Economy
FORMakademisk
Søkelys på arbeidslivet
The Journal of Entrepreneurship
Management and Innovation
The International Journal of Innovation Management
The International Journal of Action Research
Systemic Practice and Action Research

One group member is also involved in the anthology project ‘Leading work and people in the new working life’.

A substantial part of the associated publications and the work conducted in this research group are directly relevant as curriculum for the PhD course Change Management and Organisational Learning.

Olav Johansen is a Senior Lecturer in Organization and Leadership at Kristiania University of Applied Sciences, where he teaches negotiation, influence, leadership, strategy, and competence development. He leads the research group KMOL.