• This learning and knowledge research group has emerged due to the emphasis laid today on learning processes within organizations and the centrality of knowledge in its management, creation, application and dissemination aspects. The spaces where organizations, knowledge, research and their efficient management intersect are the defining traits of developed societies.
• This is a multi-disciplinary group that gives special attention to empirical studies, accentuating a research philosophy that is very closely linked to companies and their problems.
• Respectful of all philosophies and research methods, GRACO particularly supports qualitative methods and the use of innovative research methodology.
• This is currently an emergent research group that receives formal support from the Catalan Government

This is the second announcement for the Third International Conference on Rhetoric and Narratives in Management Research [RNMR - 09] which will be held at ESADE (Barcelona) between March 12 - 14, 2009. Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2008. For further questions about the Conference, please do not hesitate to contact Gürsel iLipinar, Conference secretary, at gilipinar@yahoo.com.