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1、P1:IXPpp726-spaa-458251SPAA.clsJanuary8,200320:21SystemicPracticeandActionResearch,Vol.16,No.1,February2003(°C2003)ConstructionofLearningNetworks—VanityFairorRealisticOpportunities?MortenLevin1;3andGauteKnutstad2ReceivedMay18,2002;revisedJuly25,2002Thispaperfocusesonlearningnetworksinbusine

2、sslife.Theideaistobridgethegapbetweentheoriesandconceptsfromorganizationallearningandeconomicmodelingofnetworkedcooperation.Thecentralquestioniswhetheritispossibletoconstructabusinessnetworkaimedsolelyatenhancinglearningorwhethernetworksmustbeintegratedindailybusinessactivities.Basedonthede

3、velopmentofaleadershipeduca-tionalprograminthenorthwesternpartofNorway,andbyusingActor-Networktheory,weconcludethatanoperationallearningnetworkneedstobeintegratedwithconcretebusinessinterests.Learningnetworkswillbecomeavanityfairiftheyarenotconnectedtobusinessactivities.KEYWORDS:learningnet

4、works;organizationaldevelopment;economicmodeling;actor-networktheory.1.INTRODUCTIONThenetworkedeconomyisapopularconceptionbothamongpoliticiansandpublicadministratorsandinbusinesslife.Eventhoughtheunderstandingdiffersamongtheprotagonists,astrongconvictionthattheconnectedeconomyisthewordofthe

5、futureisconveyed.Theconventionalunderstandingoforganizationsasclosedsystemswithclearboundariesischallengedbyanunderstandingofeconomiclifeasawebofspecificanddiffuseinterconnections.Bordersdonotdefineeconomicactivitiesanymore,asthecrisscrossednetworkrelationshipsareseenasconstitut-ingtherealpol

6、iticaleconomy.Itisimportanttoaskwhetherthisdevelopmentisanaturalandspontaneoussocialphenomenonguidedbythelogicofthecapitalisticsocietyorifthisisaprocessthatcanbepurposefullysociallyconstructed.1DepartmentofIndustrialEconomicsandTechnologyManagement,NorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnology,

7、N-7491Trondheim,Norway.2NewPraxis,SINTEFIndustrialManagement,N-7465Trondheim,Norway.3Towhomcorrespondenceshouldbeaddressed.e-mail:morten.levin@svt.ntnu.no31094-429X/03/0200-0003/0°C2003PlenumPublishingCorporationP1:IXPpp726-spaa-458251SPAA.clsJanuary8,20