Title: The actorhood of organisational capital

Authors: Jan Mouritsen, Gergana Koleva

Addresses: Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3, DK 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark. ' Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3, DK 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark

Abstract: This paper argues and illustrates that organisational capital is much more active than normally assumed. Often, it is suggested the human capital acts and organisational capital is a ||dead matter|| waiting to be mobilised. In this paper, we investigate how organisational capital is an actor and illustrate through small cases of two kinds of organisational capital – organisational culture and IT tool – how organisational capital problematises, interests, enrolls and mobilises e.g. human capital.

Keywords: intellectual capital; organisational capital; human capital; organisational learning; organisational capabilities; organisational competencies; information technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2004.005070

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 2004 Vol.1 No.2, pp.177 - 189

Published online: 25 Aug 2004 *

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