institutional memories
institutional memories is the plural of institutional memory.
Meaning of institutional memory
Noun
institutional memory (countable and uncountable, plural institutional memories)
- A collective set of facts, concepts, experiences and knowledge held by a group of people inside an organization.
- Institutional memory refers to the notion that institutions have founding aims, ideology, an official history and practices, which are remembered and passed on within the institution. Founders and other important people in the history of an institution are commemorated in various ways, such as...2016 April 8, Siobhan Brownlie, Mapping Memory in Translation, Springer, →ISBN, page 151
- Synonyms:
- organizational memory, institutional knowledge
Questions about institutional memories
- What is institutional memories the plural of?
- Institutional memories is the plural of institutional memory.
Words near institutional memories in the dictionary
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