Socially constructed knowledge

 Great paper to quote from:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2158244013487540

In this transition, social-technical advancements are said to be among the first providers of a paradigmatic shift in society, increasing technology to value creation but especially interconnectivity, generating a whole new network of people that provides the possibility of a more participatory society (Strangelove, 1994).

Social Constructionism: A Postmodern Approach to Knowledge

Social constructionism is a theory with a philosophical framework that focuses on the processes of understanding and addressing social change in the postmodern society, in a wider sense, and on organizations specifically (Gergen, 1994; Hosking & McNamee, 2006). It is a theoretical movement that brings an alternative philosophical assumption regarding reality construction and knowledge production. It is concerned with the ways in which knowledge is historically situated and embedded in cultural values and practices. According to this approach, meanings are socially constructed via the coordination of people in their various encounters; therefore, it is always fluid and dynamic (Gergen & Gergen, 2012).

All the authors mentioned above point to crucial transformations that society is undergoing, which are heavily affecting organizations and their forms of functioning. Although many companies are making tentative steps to restructure their organizations by embracing new tools, most of them remain rooted in outdated concepts and philosophies that, as a consequence of having new interventions based on old foundations, inhibit and prevent the need for a full transformation.

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