Research on how organizational memories can be created, preserved and made available
for future reuse in NPOs is presented. An initial review of the existing literature on …

This article reviews and evaluates the concept of organizational forgetting. Drawing on
established literature in the field of organizational learning, the authors analyze forgetting …

This chapter presents the argument that the intense research focus on organizational
learning has obscured the equally important process of organizational forgetting, and that …

This article presents a survey of the first 40 years of this journal, covering (1) the origin and
subsequent history of the journal,(2) who the editors have been,(3) the influence of the …

Discusses how short termism and downsizing respectively negate and disperse an
organization's knowledge base of past lessons. Stresses the importance of creating …

Collective memory refers to how the past is remembered by social groups, such as
communities, organizations, societies–or other mnemonic communities (Olick & Robbins …

This paper covers comprehensive literature analysis on organizational forgetting. Work on
organizational forgetting was synthesised in systematic and chronological order. Forgetting …

Do organizations forget? Or do organizations retain the knowledge they acquire as time
passes? The classic learning curve assumes that organizational knowledge is cumulative …

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It is of course an honor to be asked to make an introduction to a conference in the area of
one's particular interest; all the more so when the conference is on a topic that, until recently …