Despite intensive research within the field of knowledge management and its components, the issue of knowledge valuation and its organisational integration presents a big challenge. Existing research papers about knowledge valuation have remained on very abstract levels and therefore cannot be...

This paper introduces an alternative approach to innovation: Emergent Innovation. As opposed to radical innovation Emergent Innovation finds a balance and integrates the demand both for radically new knowledge and at the same time for an organic development from within the organization. From a...

Although collaboration is widely accepted as the most efficient method for creating value some important barriers of knowledge sharing arise leading to the creation of noncollaborative environments. Especially in developing countries, universities have to face new challenges that rise from...

In this paper we propose a classification and systematic description structure based on the pattern paradigm for interaction scripts in Second Life that aim at facilitating knowledge sharing and knowledge integration in groups. We present eight examples of such interactions, a description...

In the paper the new possibilities of eLearning 2.0 management systems for knowledge production, experience sharing and communication are presented. The Web 2.0 effects and mechanisms for knowledge capturing and construction are discussed. Reviews of seven new generation learning systems are...

The established methods used for measuring labour productivity ― originally designed for the manufacturing sector ― do not fit the specific characteristics of knowledge work. We therefore propose a more appropriate understanding of the driving forces behind knowledge work productivity,...

The advent of information and communication technology (ICT) provides opportunities for employees with offices in geographically dispersed locations to communicate, share and collaborate on projects to achieve common business goals. This paper describes the experiences of two Romanian telecom...

Project organizations make particular demands on the management of knowledge both within projects and across projects. In this contribution we present a method kit for the improvement of knowledge management in a project organization in the German Federal Armed Forces. The kit was developed in...

Developing successful knowledge management (KM) processes is extremely difficult. In general, a large number of all KM projects end unsuccessfully. The aim of this paper is to summarize and study the attempts to take advantage of Lessons Learned in the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF), focusing on...

Due to increasing professionalization and specialization in the development of computer and video games new challenges regarding the support of knowledge-intensive activities emerge. This paper aims at sensitizing and systematizing the needs and potentials for continuous integration of knowledge...