Knowledge and knowing as structure: a new perspective on the management oftechnology for the knowledge based economy

The paper forms part of a project to restate the nature of the process of m anaging technology and innovation in a way that reflects greater concern fo r holism and complexity. Complexity Theory, Structuration Theory and Activi ty Theory are drawn upon to develop a model of a human activity system that has proven useful as a means of linking some recent organizational develop ment ideas such as, core-competence, learning organizations and BPR. Approp riately, in an era of the knowledge based economy, it seeks to place the pe rson with knowledge' or the 'knowing person' at the heart of organizational complexity.