Exam 10: Knowledge and Learning

Which model of learning suggests that learning is a continual cycle between experience and reflection upon that experience?

At the end of the day, a manager is thinking about an important meeting earlier in the day which had descended into a row with no decisions being made. The manager thinks that they should have been firmer and more decisive when chairing the meeting, and so reads a training manual entitled 'How to run an effective meeting.' Which stage of Kolb's (1984) learning cycle equates to the manager reading this manual?

Match the following forms of knowledge sharing across organizational boundaries to their description. -Collective working on online projects, often involving the development of computer code.

Which of the following are examples of explicit knowledge within organizations? Please select all that apply.

Match the stages of Kolb's (1984) learning cycle to their description: -Reviewing an action that has been performed

Match the stages of Kolb's (1984) learning cycle to their description: -Doing something, performing an action

Match the stages of Kolb's (1984) learning cycle to their description: -Planning and trying out what has been learned

Which of the following phrases best summarises Nonaka's (1995) theory of knowledge transfer?

For Nonaka (1985), which of the following forms of knowledge transfer are of the greatest benefit to an organization?

The behaviourist approach sees learning as being motivated by _______ and reward.

Frederick Taylor was an early advocate of the learning organization.

The automation of cognitive tasks such as decision-making and manipulating information is known as ______ intelligence

Match the following forms of knowledge sharing across organizational boundaries to their description. -A general term for the activities through which a common body of knowledge is shared, potentially between people in different organizations.

Match the following types of knowledge to their most appropriate description. -Knowledge that develops from experience and reflecting upon that experience.

Learning organizations are suited to a post-bureaucratic style of managing and organizing.

Match the following forms of knowledge sharing across organizational boundaries to their description. -Organizations in a similar industry located in close geographical proximity

Which of the following activities require tacit knowledge to be performed to their best? Please select all that apply.

Social groupings based around a common set of occupational or professional knowledge are known as communities of_________

Match the following types of knowledge to their most appropriate description. -Knowledge of simple facts, which can easily be written down or explained.

Match the stages of Kolb's (1984) learning cycle to their description: -Using theory to learn from an experience