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Grandinetti, Roberto – Learning Organization, 2014
Purpose: This paper aims to clarify that the link between Michael Polanyi's tacit knowledge theory and the field of knowledge management research does not withstand in-depth analysis. Second, the paper suggests a way to emerge from the ambiguity that unavoidably results from using the tacit knowledge concept in knowledge management studies.…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Theories, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development
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Allee, Verna – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide examples of evaluating value-creating networks and to address the organizational issues and challenges of a network orientation. Design/methodology/approach: Value network analysis was first developed in 1993 and was adapted in 1997 for intangible asset management. It has been applied from shopfloor…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Network Analysis, Organizational Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis
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Li, Hsi Chang; Mirmirani, Sam; Ilacqua, Joseph A. – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to focus on Confucius Institutes and assess the applicability of theories of leadership and knowledge sharing to multinational organizations and worldwide networks. Growth of multinational trade and decrease in international tension have facilitated the globalization of both profit-seeking and non-profit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Theories, Knowledge Management, Sharing Behavior
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Walczak, Steven – Learning Organization, 2005
Purpose: To propose and evaluate a novel management structure that encourages knowledge sharing across an organization. Design/methodology/approach: The extant literature on the impact of organizational culture and its link to management structure is examined and used to develop a new knowledge sharing management structure. Roadblocks to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Knowledge Management, Organizational Culture, Theory Practice Relationship
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Cavaleri, Steven A. – Learning Organization, 2004
Knowledge management continues to evolve as a discipline, yet even basic features that define a discipline have to be established. Developing a shared understanding of core concepts, such as the meaning of "knowledge", has been elusive in this field. In the absence of reaching a universal definition, surrogates for knowledge are adopted because of…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Management Systems, Theory Practice Relationship, Experiential Learning
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Gorelick, Carol; Tantawy-Monsou, Brigitte – Learning Organization, 2005
Purpose: This paper proposes that knowledge management is a system that integrates people, process and technology for sustainable results by increasing performance through learning. Definitions of knowledge, knowledge management and performance serve as a foundation. Design/methodology/approach: The model for the knowledge era proposed in this…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Learning, Systems Approach, Models