About the book
This book seeks to explore how the UN has generated, warehoused, disseminated, structured, packaged, expanded, transferred and leveraged its vast resources of accumulated information and experience throughout the decades and, particularly, since the start of the 21st century with the introduction of more connective information and communications technology. It examines the overarching objectives that have guided such activity and divides UN knowledge management into three distinct, but often overlapping and intertwining, categories:
- knowledge for social and organizational learning;
- knowledge for norm setting; and
- knowledge for creation of products and services.
Svenson brings together these multiple aspects of UN knowledge management?to present a holistic view of how the organization utilizes its global intelligence to educate, advocate and serve member countries’ development. Instead of looking at the UN as an international bureaucracy or as a peacekeeping, policymaking, humanitarian or development entity, this work studies the UN as a generator and purveyor of information, learning and experience in all of these areas. This book will be key reading for all students and scholars of international organizations.
Editions of The United Nations as a Knowledge System
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- ISBN 9781317354314
- PDF
- ISBN 9781317354321
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This book seeks to explore how the UN has generated, warehoused, disseminated, structured, packaged, expanded, transferred and leveraged its vast resources of accumulated information and experience throughout the decades and, particularly, since the start of the 21st century with the introduction of more connective information and communications technology. It examines the overarching objectives that have guided such activity and divides UN knowledge management into three distinct, but often overlapping and intertwining, categories:
- knowledge for social and organizational learning;
- knowledge for norm setting; and
- knowledge for creation of products and services.
Svenson brings together these multiple aspects of UN knowledge management?to present a holistic view of how the organization utilizes its global intelligence to educate, advocate and serve member countries’ development. Instead of looking at the UN as an international bureaucracy or as a peacekeeping, policymaking, humanitarian or development entity, this work studies the UN as a generator and purveyor of information, learning and experience in all of these areas. This book will be key reading for all students and scholars of international organizations.
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What is The United Nations as a Knowledge System about?
This book seeks to explore how the UN has generated, warehoused, disseminated, structured, packaged, expanded, transferred and leveraged its vast resources of accumulated information and experience throughout the decades and, particularly, since the start of the 21st century with the introduction of more connective information and communications technology. It examines the overarching objectives that have guided such activity and divides UN knowledge management into three distinct, but often overlapping and intertwining, categories:
- knowledge for social and organizational learning;
- knowledge for norm setting; and
- knowledge for creation of products and services.
Svenson brings together these multiple aspects of UN knowledge management?to present a holistic view of how the organization utilizes its global intelligence to educate, advocate and serve member countries’ development. Instead of looking at the UN as an international bureaucracy or as a peacekeeping, policymaking, humanitarian or development entity, this work studies the UN as a generator and purveyor of information, learning and experience in all of these areas. This book will be key reading for all students and scholars of international organizations.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The United Nations as a Knowledge System?
Society and Social Sciences > Politics and government
Where can I read a sample of The United Nations as a Knowledge System?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781317354314
Is The United Nations as a Knowledge System part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Global Institutions
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The United Nations as a Knowledge System?
Nanette Svenson
Who is the Publisher of the book The United Nations as a Knowledge System?
Taylor and Francis
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The United Nations as a Knowledge System is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317354314) and pdf(ISBN 9781317354321)