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Evolution of collaborative distance work at ITESM: structure and process

Shapiro, Leonardo; Carrillo, Javier; Velázquez, Ciro - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 4 (2000) 1, pp. 44-55

Evolution of collaborative distance work at the Monterrey Institute of Technology, ITESM, is discussed and analyzed. ITESM’s location, geographic distribution, organizational structure, development strategies and recent expansion throughout the Americas are described. The evolution of the...

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Knowledge management initiatives: learning from failure

Storey, John; Barnett, Elizabeth - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 4 (2000) 2, pp. 145-156

knowledge management initiative in order to analyse what went wrong and to identify the key learning points. …

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Knowledge work and the new demands of learning

Garrick, John; Clegg, Stewart - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 4 (2000) 4, pp. 279-286

The idea of knowledge work has been around for some time. Mintzberg spoke about “knowledge intensive firms” outlining differences between knowledge intensive organizations and professional bureaucracies. A professional bureaucracy, for instance, typically relies on standardized knowledge,...

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A characterisation of corporate memory as a knowledge system

Beckett, Ronald C. - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 4 (2000) 4, pp. 311-319

Any organisation, even a newly formed one, will have its own repertoire of practices and routines that reflect the purpose of the organisation and the prior experience of the people in it. This leads to the notion of a “corporate memory”. This paper presents a systems‐engineering style of...

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Self‐transcending knowledge: sensing and organizing around emerging opportunities

Otto Scharmer, Claus - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 5 (2001) 2, pp. 137-151

environment and learning infrastructure. Moreover, the differentiation among markets with decreasing, steady, and increasing …

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Managing effective knowledge transfer: an integrative framework and some practice implications

Goh, Swee C. - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 6 (2002) 1, pp. 23-30

One of the major challenges an organization faces is to manage its knowledge assets. Increasingly, the use of knowledge is seen as a basis for competitive advantage. This paper explores the key factors that have been cited as significant influences on the ability to transfer knowledge, an...

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Knowledge management convergence – expanding learning frontiers

Lytras, Miltiadis D.; Pouloudi, Athanasia; … - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 6 (2002) 1, pp. 40-51

‐usable learning objects. The case of organizational memory is treated as a cumulative system of value adding components. The … concepts. Two concepts are presented: multidimensional dynamic e‐learning and the value adding knowledge management framework. …

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The dynamics of knowledge flows: human capital mobility, knowledge retention and change

Madsen, Tammy L.; Mosakowski, Elaine; Zaheer, Srilata - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 6 (2002) 2, pp. 164-176

This empirical paper investigates the relationships between the amount of human capital that flows into a firm and two activities underlying a firm’s knowledge production, variation or change and knowledge retention. We track the flow of human capital within and across organizational and...

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Evolving knowledge for development: the role of knowledge management in a changing world

Castro Laszlo, Kathia; Laszlo, Alexander - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 6 (2002) 4, pp. 400-412

make for the transition toward sustainable forms of social organization. The heuristic of evolutionary learning community … (ELC) is presented as a participatory strategy for promoting learning and knowledge creation for evolutionary development. …

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Training strategies in the management of knowledge

Hwang, Ahn‐Sook - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 7 (2003) 3, pp. 92-104

’s unpredictable and highly competitive environments. And yet, unless people in organizations possess the learning capability to use … knowledge involves both perspectives and tools for learning. This paper examines the concept of learning and explores training … knowledge management system. Learning in organizations is a complex and multi‐level process. The challenge is how to nurture …

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