How Organisations Know What They Know: A Survey of Knowledge Identification Methods among Australian Organisations
Literature surrounding the Knowledge Management process of identifying what knowledge exists within an organisation is scarce. This research project set out to fill the research gaps surrounding that particular Knowledge Management process called Knowledge Identification. This paper reports on the f...
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| author | Newk-Fon Hey Tow, William Venable, John Dell, Peter |
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| description | Literature surrounding the Knowledge Management process of identifying what knowledge exists within an organisation is scarce. This research project set out to fill the research gaps surrounding that particular Knowledge Management process called Knowledge Identification. This paper reports on the findings of a survey sent to 973 Australian organisations to investigate their Knowledge Identification practices. The survey findings show that while organisations do perceive Knowledge Identification to be important, the practice of KI has not reached mainstream adoption yet. The reasons why and why not, and the range of methods organisations currently use to establish what knowledge exists within their four walls are identified. The survey findings also reveal two opposing approaches organisations take in practising KI: proactive KI and reactive KI. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-321072017-01-30T13:29:13Z How Organisations Know What They Know: A Survey of Knowledge Identification Methods among Australian Organisations Newk-Fon Hey Tow, William Venable, John Dell, Peter John Lamp Knowledge Identification Organisational Science Knowledge Management Literature surrounding the Knowledge Management process of identifying what knowledge exists within an organisation is scarce. This research project set out to fill the research gaps surrounding that particular Knowledge Management process called Knowledge Identification. This paper reports on the findings of a survey sent to 973 Australian organisations to investigate their Knowledge Identification practices. The survey findings show that while organisations do perceive Knowledge Identification to be important, the practice of KI has not reached mainstream adoption yet. The reasons why and why not, and the range of methods organisations currently use to establish what knowledge exists within their four walls are identified. The survey findings also reveal two opposing approaches organisations take in practising KI: proactive KI and reactive KI. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32107 http://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30049076 Deakin university fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Knowledge Identification Organisational Science Knowledge Management Newk-Fon Hey Tow, William Venable, John Dell, Peter How Organisations Know What They Know: A Survey of Knowledge Identification Methods among Australian Organisations |
| title | How Organisations Know What They Know: A Survey of Knowledge Identification Methods among Australian Organisations |
| title_full | How Organisations Know What They Know: A Survey of Knowledge Identification Methods among Australian Organisations |
| title_fullStr | How Organisations Know What They Know: A Survey of Knowledge Identification Methods among Australian Organisations |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Organisations Know What They Know: A Survey of Knowledge Identification Methods among Australian Organisations |
| title_short | How Organisations Know What They Know: A Survey of Knowledge Identification Methods among Australian Organisations |
| title_sort | how organisations know what they know: a survey of knowledge identification methods among australian organisations |
| topic | Knowledge Identification Organisational Science Knowledge Management |
| url | http://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30049076 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32107 |