The emergence of knowledge systems thinking: A changing perception of relationships among innovation,knowledge process and configuration |
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Authors: | Niels Röling |
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Institution: | (1) the Department of Extension Science, the Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | As agriculture develops, policy and management decisions increasingly focus on agricultural innovation emerging from utilizing
knowledge and/or technology. This paper considers models for underpinning knowledge and technology policy and management.
It describes the emergence of knowledge systems thinking. The system construct is applied to actors (individuals, networks
and institutions) involved in knowledge processes. These actors potentially form a highly articulated and complex whole. Knowledge
policy and management focus on measures that enhance the synergy between actors. Knowledge systems are viewed as “soft systems,”
i.e., they only become systems as a result of active construction and joint learning. The soft systems perspective facilitates
the identification of various knowledge system models, which have consequences for policy and management decisions with respect
to investment, design, and training. In an attempt to create a unifying theory for these models, it is posited that these
models are consistent combinations of innovation, knowledge process and structural configuration.
Currently, he is the director of an international program on “Comparative research in knowledge systems in support of sustainable
agriculture.” |
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