Journal of Business & Economic Policy

Knowledge Management & Organizational Learning
Majdi Anwar Quttainah

Abstract
Despite the importance of knowledge management and organizational learning, some important questions remain unanswered. This study attempts to find the link between organizing and learning. Specifically, it aims to focus on understanding the links between practices of knowing and practices of “coordinating” in project teams. Collective coordination is created to deal with the effect of knowing and how the coordinated solutions arising from this coordination practice influence the next knowing practices. Using the Actor Network Theory (ANT) in three project teams to explore the relation between learning activities and “networking” activities deploy a longitudinal and qualitative study. Findings indicate that coordination as a dynamic, socio-material, heterogeneous “constellation” characterized by ongoing learning, transformations, and reconfigurations during “controversies.” In addition, “constellation” of coordination mechanisms affects the capacity of actors to create and share knowledge.

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