Mode Of Knowledge Management Research Articles

Knowledge is power: toward a combined model of knowledge acquisition and knowledge application of enterprises

PurposeThis paper aims to theoretically investigate a knowledge management model from the combined perspective of knowledge acquisition and knowledge application and its effect on organizational performance.Design/methodology/approachThis study reviews prior research on knowledge acquisition and knowledge application, puts forward the concepts of “the extensiveness of knowledge acquisition” and “the concentration of knowledge application” and more importantly proposes an integrated model by combining these two dimensions. Four case examples of enterprises are subsequently described and analyzed to illustrate the sources of knowledge acquisition, the objects of knowledge application and their influences on organizational performance.FindingsFour knowledge management modes and their impacts are confirmed in this study. Specifically, the organization of the turbojet engine mode (high extensiveness of knowledge acquisition and high concentration of knowledge application) can achieve good performance. The pipeline mode (high extensiveness of knowledge acquisition and low concentration of knowledge application) is the second, which has limited influence on good organizational performance. Organizations with the flashlight mode (low extensiveness of knowledge acquisition and high concentration of knowledge application) can achieve limited performance under the appropriate environment. The candle mode (low extensiveness of knowledge acquisition and low concentration of knowledge application) is the worst, performance of which is poor due to the break of the knowledge chain.Practical implicationsThis paper holds that organizations should actively use the turbojet engine mode, adopt the pipeline mode and the flashlight mode cautiously, and avoid falling into the candle mode.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is among the first to propose the concepts of “the extensiveness of knowledge acquisition” and “the concentration of knowledge application,” and provides a combined model for analyzing differences in organizational performance from the perspective of knowledge.

Asistencia técnica, la solución de la crisis de identidad de las cooperativas agrarias

La aparición de grupos cooperativos formados por cooperativas tradicionales y filiales industriales causó una crisis de identidad de este tipo de organizaciones a causa de un rompimiento del vínculo de los asociados con su cooperativa. En este artículo se analiza el papel de la asistencia técnica en el fortalecimiento de la relación entre la cooperativa y sus asociados. Un método cualitativo basado en el estudio de caso de cinco grupos cooperativos nos permitió estudiar las interacciones entre las comunidades cognitivas de las cooperativas a través de un nuevo modelo de gestión del conocimiento que se caracteriza por la interacción entre los grupos funcionales y las comunidades de práctica: el Modelo 3 que se realiza en el servicio de asistencia técnica a los productores agrarios. Este artículo, demuestra que los técnicos actúan como traductores entre las dos comunidades cognitivas y esto facilita la resolución de la crisis de identidad de las cooperativas agrarias.

The Relationship between Knowledge and Green Logistics. A Theoretical Approach

We present a research about the widely accepted knowledge management modes and their interaction with important and fresh processes for the company as the reverse logistics activities, commonly called “green logistics”. Knowledge is an important intangible resource for any area of the organization, especially in the case of logistics of products that are returned to organization because it implies a huge uncertainty and costs. Returns are increasing for the companies due to new customer policies, new and higher environmental laws and because recovering of discarded materials suppose a new low cost source of raw material. The relationship between both areas establishes new and positive effects on flexibility and performance of the organization. Due to the complexity and extension of this research we have divided it in two papers. Thus, this first article have shown a theoretical approach regarding how the modes of knowledge conversion, specifically the creation of knowledge, affect reverse logistics, and it analyses new relations between these variables and their joint influence on the flexibility of distribution of information (because information has a key role for these variables) and performance of the organization. A second paper will show the empirical contrast for these constructs. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.24.3.3312

Research on Information Resource Integration of University Libraries under the Mode of Knowledge Management

On the grounds of expounding the situation of university library knowledge management and according to the characteristics of knowledge management, the paper combines the development of resource integration of library of Wuhan University of Technology, and analyzes the objects, trends and innovation of resource integration under the mode of knowledge management.

Knowledge Management in the Network Mode: The Case of Private Equity

There has been an ongoing debate on the changing geographical organization of the financial sector and the decreasing importance of regional financial centres. Our contribution explores a fresh perspective on this issue by looking at knowledge and risk management in different parts of the financial sector with an empirical focus on private equity in Germany. The argument we put forward is that the ways in which providers of finance manage knowledge and risk shape their organizational and geographical structure. In our analytical framework we distinguish between three ideal-type modes of knowledge management: the relationship, the data and the network mode. These modes differ in the types of knowledge exchanged, the actors involved and in the role and nature of relevant contacts and relationships. The shift from relationship to data mode in credit provision in Germany serves an example of how a new mode of knowledge management is associated with changes in the geographical organization of financial actors and activities. To illustrate the network mode we then focus on knowledge management in private equity in Germany, which involves a variety of different actors and links both regional and interregional networks. Our empirical research shows that the resulting organizational and geographical structures are rather complex and have nodes in regional financial centres. While these centres benefit from private equity activities, their chances for re-vitalization and a re-regionalization of financial expertise on the basis of private equity are nonetheless limited. So far, Munich seems to be the (only) one location where private equity – cross-fertilized by other local financial actors – has initiated a self-supported development which strengthens Munich as a financial centre.

Research on Information Resource Integration of University Libraries under the Mode of Knowledge Management

Research on Information Resource Integration of University Libraries under the Mode of Knowledge Management

The metrics of knowledge: Mechanisms for preserving the value of managerial knowledge

In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the scholarly study, and actual implementation in work organizations, of knowledge systems. While much of this effort has been directed toward making these systems more efficient, a gap has developed between the need to preserve and safeguard managerial knowledge, and the continued hemorrhaging of the same from the pool of organizational knowledge. This article describes that gap and suggests a set of mechanisms (socialization, tutoring, mentoring, and continuous reporting) which may be used to reduce the loss of critical knowledge. Because knowledge is fundamentally a cognitive phenomenon, these mechanisms emphasize the sharing of knowledge by experienced, with less experienced, managers. This article also recommends that these largely informal mechanisms be absorbed by the organization to become an integral component of the formal modes of knowledge management, in particular the institutional knowledge system.