The Rightful Place of Science: Designing Knowledge
Edited by G. Pascal Zachary
Knowledge is every organization’s most important asset. Yet far too few organizations are fully aware and in control of the systems they use to produce, validate, communicate, and apply knowledge. In "Designing Knowledge," Clark A. Miller and Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson examine how knowledge is constructed and used to develop practical insights for improving organizations’ knowledge systems. Miller and Muñoz-Erickson, transdisciplinary scholars of sustainable knowledge system design, provide organizations with the tools they need to design effective knowledge systems for informing critical business, policy and community decisions.
Bio
Clark A. Miller is the associate director for faculty and a professor at ASU's School for the Future of Innovation in Society. His research and teaching focus on the governance challenges posed by global environmental change, and other policy issues of global scope and significance.
Praise for this book
Most organizations treat knowledge like money or material, something to be acquired, stored, and put to use when needed. Miller and Muñoz-Erickson's 'Designing Knowledge' argues forcefully and convincingly that organizations need to treat knowledge not as facts and formulas, but as practice, expertise, and action. Their principles will help leaders design organizations that are better able to create, and more importantly USE, knowledge.
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Institute for the Future
'Designing Knowledge; is a valuable insight into the challenges modern enterprises have in organizing and making good use of knowledge systems. It could hardly be more timely, as our society grapples with an even basic understanding of the truth and how it might be applied to problem solving. These are practical and informed suggestions for managers and consumers of information in a new era."
Thomas Higgins Prosetta Biosciences, Inc
