Learning and Forgetting in Development NGOs - 9781138089808

Taylor & Francis

Learning and Forgetting in Development NGOsInsights from Organisational Theory\nAuthor(s): Tiina Kontinen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138089808, 978-1138089808\nSynopsis\nLearning and Forgetting in Development NGOs draws on a range of theoretical approaches and empirical evidence to explore how development organisations learn or fail to learn from experience. Despite the overwhelming discourses of NGOs as learning organisations, little is known about the phenomenon of learning within NGOs. As constantly changing buzzwords and institutional approaches abound and old ideas and concepts are \""re-discovered\"", development NGOs are often accused of trying to reinvent the wheel as they struggle to escape from the challenges of development amnesia.\n\nBased on detailed empirical data on the everyday practices and accounts of development practitioners, this book moves between the boundaries of organisational institu.