A Peer-to-Peer Virtual Office for Organizational Knowledge Management

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore a phenomenon in knowledge management that has been given scant attention: the influence of cultural distance on inter-organizational knowledge transfer in the context of multinational companies involving headquarters in the USA and a subsidiary in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach Designed as a qualitative exploratory study, data was collected through in-depth interviews of 15 participants and documents review. Findings The findings of this study implied that the theoretically introduced cultural dimensions shall be relevant to analyze the phenomenon of this study. Consequently, through the findings of this study, it is argued that inter-organizational knowledge transfer in multinational companies is influenced by cultural distance. Research limitations/implications This study theoretically and empirically contributes to the debates on knowledge transfer in knowledge management research in general and, inter-organizational knowledge transfer in multinational companies between headquarters and subsidiaries with respect to the influence of cultural distance in particular, through the light of Trompenaars’ (1993) cultural dimensions theory. Practical implications The findings of this study could motivate the practitioners to take into account: the influence of cultural distance on inter-organizational knowledge transfer, if inter-organizational knowledge transfer happens in similar contexts: multinational companies with a headquarters in the USA (a western context) and a subsidiary in Sri Lanka (a non-western context) in the practical business world. Originality/value This study provides theoretical and empirical insights into the influence of cultural distance on inter-organizational knowledge transfer in multinational companies between headquarters and subsidiaries in the selected context while suggesting various avenues for further research toward the influence of cultural distance on such phenomenon in similar/dissimilar contexts.

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An Ontological Approach to Enterprise Knowledge Modeling in a Shipping Company

International Journal of Knowledge Management ◽

10.4018/jkm.2011100105 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 70-84

Author(s):

Sung-kwan Kim ◽

Joe Felan ◽

Moo Hong Kang

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Organizational Knowledge ◽

Modeling Language ◽

Knowledge Modeling ◽

Knowledge Model ◽

Holistic View ◽

Knowledge Resources ◽

Shipping Company ◽

Knowledge Models ◽

Ontological Approach

Modeling approaches are gaining popularity in knowledge management (KM), especially in specifying knowledge contents. This paper addresses the enterprise knowledge modeling. An enterprise knowledge model provides users with an integrated, holistic view of organizational knowledge resources. Employing a reliable methodology is critical to building successful enterprise knowledge models. A good methodology provides an effective and efficient mechanism for developing a model. This paper first reviews the enterprise knowledge modeling (EKM) and its methodologies. An ontology-based EKM (OBEKM) methodology is proposed. Its products, procedures, and modeling language are described. The methodology is then applied to the construction of a shipping company’s knowledge model for demonstration.

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Organizational Knowledge Systems Design & Implementation

International Conference on Advances in Business Management and Law (ICABML) ◽

10.30585/icabml-cp.v1i1.22 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 215-228

Author(s):

Abdulmunem AlShehhi ◽

Wathiq Mansoor

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Organizational Performance ◽

Systems Design ◽

Talent Management ◽

Research Paper ◽

Organizational Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Systems ◽

Organization Learning ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Depth Analysis

This research paper aims to explain relationships of organization learning (OL), knowledge management (KM), talent management (TM) practices and organizational performance (OP) in order to have excellent understanding of the subject by using in-depth analysis of the extant literature. This research offers mechanisms for Organizational Knowledge Systems (OKS) that will help the entity to apply OKS. The research paper has created a complete mechanism of the OKS then tests the proposed model. Keywords: Organization Learning, Knowledge Management, Talent Management and Organization Knowledge Systems.

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