Catching the chameleon: understanding the elusive term “knowledge”

Assudani, Rashmi

doi:10.1108/13673270510590209

Cited by 57 publications

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“…The term "knowledge" is one of those management words which has multilayered meanings depending on the perspective and school of thoughts [5]. However, the discussion on the term "knowledge" goes back to the ancient world and lives through the history of philosophy until present.…”

Section: Definition Of the Term "Knowledge"mentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge Sharing as the Key Driver for Sustainable Innovation of Large Organisations

Block

2012

Sustainable Manufacturing

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Knowledge management is considered to be the most critical step for developing innovation processes and reaching sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. However, the systematic handling of knowledge in many organisations is far from being complete. In particular, for large organisations the competitive capability becomes more dependent on the efficient intra-organisational sharing of resources--especially knowledge. The aim of the article is to study knowledge sharing in large organisations as linked with the transaction cost theory. Therefore, we start with defining the term "knowledge" and classifying the process of "knowledge sharing". Having transferred the transaction cost theory into intra-organisational knowledge sharing, we will build up a comprehensive theoretical construct of knowledge sharing in large organisations from the transaction cost theory perspective.

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Section: Definition Of the Term "Knowledge"mentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge Sharing as the Key Driver for Sustainable Innovation of Large Organisations

Block

2012

Sustainable Manufacturing

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“…Defining KM is complex, partly as a consequence of the difficulty of defining knowledge itself [3,23]. A widely accepted distinction applied to knowledge in the context of KM is that between the tacit and explicit dimensions of knowledge.…”

Section: Knowledge Management Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards an evaluation framework for knowledge management systems

2007

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In this paper we develop an evaluation framework for Knowledge Management Systems (KMS). The framework builds on the theoretical foundations underlying organizational Knowledge Management (KM) to identify key KM activities and the KMS capabilities required to support each activity. These capabilities are then used to form a benchmark for evaluating KMS. Organizations selecting KMS can use the framework to identify gaps and overlaps in the extent to which the capabilities provided and utilized by their current KMS portfolio meet the KM needs of the organization. Other applications of the framework are also discussed.

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“…Close to Assudani (2005), Nieto (2004) clarifying notions of the technological processes defines technology as a "stock magnitude", and technological innovation as a "flow of magnitude". The former is the output and the principal input of the innovation process and reflects the volume knowledge, competencies and capabilities that the company possesses at a given moment in time.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…"Knowledge from" the firm is those that created in the form of innovations and organisational learning. Knowledge is seen by Assudani (2005) as a process of leveraging the firm resources for generating economic rents and for innovations-it is the process of leveraging "knowledge of" to generate "knowledge from" the firm.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%