Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 13 Issue 3

Strengthening lateral relations in organisations through knowledge management

Rob van der Spek, Eelco Kruizinga, Annelies Kleijsen

The purpose of this paper is to outline a methodology for strengthening an organisational design by identifying knowledge risks introduced by organisational structure and…

Power and use of context in business management

James W. Cortada

The purpose of this paper is to describe the role that context plays in managerial decision making. The paper aims to argue that managers increasingly need to take into account…

Knowledge outsourcing: an alternative strategy for knowledge management

Wing Lam, Alton Y.K. Chua

In knowledge outsourcing, external knowledge providers, rather than in‐house experts, are contracted to provide services which result in the production of knowledge‐intensive…

Knowledge management: a factor analysis of sector effects

Sandra Moffett, Rodney McAdam

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of knowledge management (KM) on three organizational sectors.

Top management sponsorship to guide communities of practice

Stefano Borzillo

Prior research on managing communities of practice (CoP) has not investigated top management's involvement in detail. The purpose of this paper is to present three detailed and…

Designing and managing business communities of practice

Mariano Corso, Andrea Giacobbe, Antonella Martini

The purpose of this paper is to put forward a model to map the evolution of a business Community of Practice (CoP) in terms of learning and knowledge management processes.

Antecedents of knowledge sharing in communities of practice

Katja Zboralski

Communities of practice (CoPs) have gained a great deal of attention from practitioners and scholars alike. However, critical antecedents of knowledge sharing in CoPs have not…

Subjectivity and cognition in knowledge management

Martin Rahe

The purpose of this paper is to provide theoretical insights into an imminent problem of knowledge management. Through the reflection on the impact of subjectivity in knowledge…

Knowledge communication and translation – a knowledge transfer model

Champika Liyanage, Taha Elhag, Tabarak Ballal, Qiuping Li

The purpose of this paper is to propose a process model for knowledge transfer in using theories relating knowledge communication and knowledge translation.

Knowledge sharing networks in professional complex systems

Pavani Rangachari

The purpose of this paper is to seek to develop a theoretical framework for understanding the structure of effective knowledge sharing networks in professional organizations.

Leveraging informal networks in knowledge management

Maria Nirmala, Madhava Vemuri

The purpose of this paper is to trace and understand informal knowledge sharing networks for various competencies in project teams. This will help establish a baseline and thereby…

Managing the knowledge paradox in product development

Isabel M. Prieto, Elena Revilla, Beatriz Rodríguez‐Prado

The purpose of this paper is to obtain from paradox a novel lens to elucidate the connections between knowledge management (KM) and product development as a knowledge intensive…