We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from over 4,000 medium sized manufacturing firms across Asia, Europe and the US. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level performance (e.g. productivity, profitability and stock market...

In this paper we present a generalisation of GAMETH framework, that play an important role in identifying crucial knowledge. Thus, we have developed a method based on three phases. In the first phase, we have used GAMETH to identify the set of “reference knowledge”. During the second phase,...

Dans cet article fondé sur notre vision de l’entreprise étendue, nous proposons un modèle de système d’information et de connaissance supporté par un système d’information numérique. Cela met en exergue le lien entre deux modèles de référence : le Modèle Général de Knowledge...

In a knowledge management initiative, one of the main issues is to identify and locate which knowledge to capitalize on. To deal with this issue, a General Analysis Methodology so called GAMETH® has been developed. In this article, we describe the postulates, the guiding principles, and the...

Under the influence of globalization,and the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)that modify radically our relationship with space and time, the hierarchical company locked up on its local borders becomes an Extended Company, without borders, opened and adaptable. In this...

Dans le cadre d'une association professionnelle, le problème du recensement des processus génériques de leur métier s'est révélé un problème de décision collectif fondamental : Comment obtenir le consensus d'experts travaillant dans des contextes différents et possédant des pratiques...

Very often, Knowledge Management System is considered from a technological viewpoint that induces to consider the knowledge as an object, and so to disregard the importance of people. In this paper we suggest a global vision of Knowledge Management within the Enterprise that is represented by an...

Dans le cadre d'une association professionnelle, le problème du recensement des processus génériques de leur métier s'est révélé un problème de décision collective fondamental. Comment obtenir le consensus d'experts travaillant dans des contextes différents et possédant des pratiques...

After a brief description of the role and functions of digital information systems, we examine, within the conception of these systems, the decisive breaks resulting from technological advances. Then, we clarify the problem of “capitalizing on company’s knowledge” in order to introduce a...

Capitalizing on company’s knowledge is increasingly being recognized in a private organizations environment since managing knowledge productivity is considered a source of competitive advantage. In this paper we present a generalization of GAMETH framework, that play an important role in...