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Knowledge is a magic term with multiple connotations and interpretations. It is an issue of academic discourse as well as one with important implications for business institutions. How we define and frame knowledge carries implications for the way we try to manage knowledge in organizations and...
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Purpose This paper aims to answer the question: how do knowledge workers’ improvisation processes promote both … improvisation can strengthen the effect of four specific knowledge transfer mechanisms – an experimental culture, minimal structures … improvisation as intrinsically intertwined with knowledge transfer and knowledge protection. Findings Improvisation is proposed as …
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‐oriented companies and industries. In this paper, we assess the nature of team performance and creativity in the context of computer … functioning and creativity. Factors considered included technology support, team member relationships, decision making …The goal of boosting creativity and productivity in knowledge‐based teams is shared by managers in technology …
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Innovation, particularly in a dynamic environment, is crucial to a firm’s competitiveness. We test the hypothesis that managers’ performance, particularly their innovativeness, is related to the diversity of knowledge to which they are exposed in their interactions with colleagues. In a...
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Knowledge management is seen as a metaphorical perspective on management where the managerial focus depends on the epistemological standpoint taken. An identification of three epistemological perspectives accommodates the main body of literature on knowledge management: an artifact oriented...
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Purpose – The paper aims to analyze the relationships between standardization and creativity in the process of service … and creativity. From an empirical point of view, the research is able to deepen understanding on the KIBS knowledge …
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Creativity and innovation concern the process of creating and applying new knowledge. As such, they are at the very … how our creativity is “blocked” in a variety of ways, including deep‐seated beliefs about the world. Finally, this paper … takes a brief look at two tools to support Knowledge Management and creativity: dialogue and groupware.  …
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This paper reports on the development of Aqua Universitas ‐ Anglian Water’s University of Water ‐ and the Company’s journey towards wisdom creation. It supports the Company’s vision of “creating and sustaining knowledge for sustainable water management”. This vision draws on the...
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potential and generate creative climates for staff. A “storyboard” exercise to encourage creativity and an exercise to create …
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the link between knowledge management practices, problem-solving processes and organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach This study uses survey data from 112 leading Italian companies. To test the structural relations of the...
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