Knowledge assimilation and abduction

2006 ◽  
pp. 54-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Kakas ◽  
P. Mancarella
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Assimilation

Knowledge assimilation by employees in learning organizations

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 350-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tali Marcus ◽  
Snunith Shoham
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Safety Information ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Unique Nature ◽  
Knowledge Assimilation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Powerful Explanation ◽  
Safety Procedures

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the factors related to the employee as an individual, that affect the quality and level of the individual’s assimilation of knowledge (AOK) which is transmitted by way of organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach – All subjects (317) of this research were employed at different positions in day camps of a social organization. The study examined the subjects’ AOK relating to the organization’s security and safety procedures. The variables examined in this study include: the employee’s organizational commitment; the employee’s perception of the organization’s culture; the employee’s perception of the advantage inherent in the security and safety information; the employee’s self-efficacy; and the employee’s motivation to assimilate the new knowledge. Findings – The research variables explained a significant part (37 per cent) of the variance obtained with respect to assimilation and learning in the organization. The most powerful explanation for the variance in degree of implementation was the perception of the organization’s security and safety culture and the subject’s self-efficacy. Subjects’ perceived advantage from the knowledge did not make a significant contribution and motivation serves as a mediator but it does not mediate directly between the variables and AOK. Research limitations/implications – The research was conducted in a single organization. We recommend conducting similar studies in other organizations, including other types of organizations, to strengthen the conclusions which derive from our research. We also recommend that future research should use alternative methodologies (e.g. qualitative research and review of the results by experts) since other methodologies might reveal new facts that may have been uncovered in the use of the quantitative method applied in our research. Practical implications – We recommend that an organization which strives to be a learning organization, should pay attention, inter alia, to factors relating to the employees themselves, and in particular: increasing the employees’ self-efficacy, clarifying the benefits to the employee of the transmitted knowledge; and bringing the organization’s values and culture into clearer focus for the employees. Originality/value – The unique nature of our research model is twofold: first, the variables on which we have chosen to focus are different from other studies, and to our knowledge, the combination of these variables and the examination of these variables in relation to learning in the context of organizations have not been examined in other studies. Second, our model gauges the effects of an employee’s subjective perception with relation to his organization’s culture, his perceived advantage with regard to the subject-matter which he is learning and his self-assessed existing knowledge.

A conceptual framework for wisdom-based decision-making process in audit profession

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang To Loan Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Ethical Orientation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Auditors ◽  
Wise Decision ◽  
Knowledge Assimilation

PurposeWisdom is considered as crucial in decision-making in both management and auditing practice. This research aims to investigate the concept of wisdom in auditing, thereby empirically exploring the determinants of wisdom in audit decision-making and explaining inter-relations among these determinants.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs grounded theory methodology that is based on in-depth interviews with twenty-seven practicing auditors who are audit partners, managers, seniors and assistants of auditing firms. Guided by the grounded theory, data collection and data analyses were conducted simultaneously to look into the new insights of the research phenomenon. The coding process was constantly compared until the research's theoretical saturation is reached after four rounds. At the end of the research process, the study conducted a survey to confirm the proposed framework as well as examine the inter-relationships between the defined determinants.FindingsResults suggest developing a conceptual framework to interpret wisdom-based decision-making process in auditing. A wise process of audit decision-making is defined as an integrated exercise of multiple determinants including knowledge assimilation, judgmental ability and ethical orientation. The research also explains and examines the potential interrelationships among these determinants in the audit decision-making process.Practical implicationsWisdom is a valuable tacit ability for all external auditors. The development of wise decision-making abilities of auditors should be considered an integral part of multiple virtues including knowledge and judgmental and ethical aspects.Originality/valueThe contributions of this study are original and significant because it proposes a new approach to explain for the audit decision-making process and enhances better understandings of the concept of wisdom in auditing practices and its roles in audit decision-making.

Talent Development and Its Role in Shaping Absorptive Capacity in Emerging Market Firms: The Case of Russia

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 444-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina O. Latukha
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Talent Development ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
Knowledge Assimilation ◽  
New Perspective

The Problem The overall ability to create and transfer knowledge is one of the main competitive advantages for companies from emerging economies and becomes their performance driver. As human resource development (HRD) and talent development (TD), in particular, aim to extend employees’ capabilities related to innovative thinking, creativity, and their key competences, which can be necessary for knowledge creation and development, TD can be associated with a firm’s absorptive capacity; however, their relationship remains underresearched. Although some studies claim about grounds for absorptive capacity, lack of analysis of absorptive capacity dimensions, specified as knowledge acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation, and its connection to TD in the emerging market context can be observed especially with the relationship to firm performance in Russia. The Solution We investigate the influence of TD on firm’s absorptive capacity in emerging market contexts, more specifically in Russia, and confirm the link between TD in Russia and knowledge assimilation, knowledge transformation, knowledge exploitation, and knowledge acquisition. The Stakeholders We show the new perspective of talent management, in general, and TD, in particular, for HRD area, showing the leading role of TD in emerging market contexts that should be in a primary agenda for both researchers and practitioners.

Paradigm Shift in Management Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 755-769
Author(s):  
Smitha Nayak ◽  
Nandan Prabhu
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Managerial Effectiveness ◽  
Process Orientation ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Knowledge Assimilation

Scholars, in the field of management education, have questioned the efficacy of current focus of business education in creating effective managers. Gulf between theory and practice, undue emphasis on conceptual knowledge, and lamentable attention to knowledge assimilation are cited as the prominent reasons for significantly low level of managerial effectiveness. In this regard, this chapter analyses the current paradigms of management education in its attempt to make a case for the need for a paradigm shift in education. Review of prior research clearly articulates the need for a cross functional approach to management education to bridge the gap between theory and its application. Further, this chapter discusses the dimensions of the process-orientation paradigm that it articulates. Potential contributions of process orientation paradigm and challenges before the cross-functional perspective of management education are also presented.

Globalization and innovation with Chinese characteristics: the case of the automotive industry

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Petti ◽  
Francesca Spigarelli ◽  
Ping Lv ◽  
Mario Biggeri
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
International Expansion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chinese Characteristics ◽  
Knowledge Assimilation ◽  
Latecomer Firms ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the internationalization of Chinese new global players through innovation-oriented Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As). Design/methodology/approach The paper combines the analysis of East-Asian and Chinese multinationals’ international expansion within international business (IB) and innovation domains, with the “latecomer” perspective. It is a conceptual contribution, based on the role of local institutions and firm’s absorptive capacity. A theoretical framework is developed, and further elucidated with two illustrative cases of Chinese M&As abroad in the automotive sector. Implications for theoretical development and practical application are then drawn. Findings Chinese firms’ M&As abroad have become one of the preferential modes of developing innovation capabilities. The success of these endeavors is argued to be the result of a combination of a strong push from government industrial policies, along with significant internal knowledge assimilation and transformation capabilities. Originality/value The paper extends IB literature integrating the latecomer firms’ perspective within a novel conceptual framework, which adds to the traditional resource-based arguments about incumbent MNEs asset and knowledge-seeking internationalization modes, as well as institutional and multi-dimensional absorptive capacity perspectives.

Innovation in multinational subsidiaries: The role of knowledge assimilation and subsidiary capabilities

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 901-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anupama Phene ◽  
Paul Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Assimilation

A knowledge assimilation method for logic databases

1984 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taizo Miyachi ◽  
Susumu Kunifuji ◽  
Hajime Kitakami ◽  
Koichi Furukawa ◽  
Akikazu Takeuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Assimilation

scholarly journals Physical fitness as a means of developing the learning motivation of medical students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
В.В. Фалалеев
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
The Third ◽  
Knowledge Assimilation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Medical University

Актуальность данной статьи обусловлена тем, что развитие мотивации учения является важнейшей психолого-педагогической задачей, решение которой способствует повышению качества обучения и усвоения знаний студентами. В данной статье отражены некоторые результаты исследования мотивации учения студентов-медиков, которое проводилось в Казанском государственном медицинском университете с участием в нем 142 человек. Студентам-медикам с первого по третий курс было предложено, в виде эссе, продолжить фразу: «Я люблю учебный предмет «Физическая культура», потому что…». На основе анализа результатов нами сделаны выводы, и предложен перечень рекомендаций для преподавателей, следование которым может помочь повысить уровень учебной мотивации студентов. В статье доказано, что на основе развития мотивации к занятиям физической культурой можно развить мотивацию учения в целом. Данная статья предназначена для преподавателей различных учебных дисциплин. The relevance of this article is stipulated by the fact that development of learning motivation is the most important psycho-pedagogical task, solution of which contributes to improvement of learning quality and knowledge assimilation of students. This article reflects some results of the study of learning motivation of medical students, which was conducted in Kazan State Medical University with the participation of 142 people. Medical students from the first to the third year were asked, in the form of an essay, to continue the phrase: "I love the subject "Physical Education" because...". Based on the analysis of the results we draw conclusions and propose a list of recommendations for teachers, following which can help to increase the level of learning motivation of students. The article proves that, on the basis of the development of motivation to engage in physical activity, it is possible to develop motivation to learn in general. This article is intended for teachers of different academic disciplines.

scholarly journals By the Book or Out of the Box? Top Decision Maker Cognitive Style, Gender, and Firm Absorptive Capacity

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Pryor ◽  
Robert Hirth ◽  
Yanghua Jin
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Assimilation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Innovative Cognitive Style

Despite scholars’ early emphasis on the role people play in fostering firms’ absorptive capacity (AC), research has not deeply explored the individual-level antecedents of this important capability. We draw on adaptive-innovative theory to explain how top decision makers’ cognitive styles can influence the degree to which their firms develop AC. Top decision makers who have high adaptive cognitive style prefer to adhere to existing norms, follow established procedures, and rely on current knowledge, and we argue that these attributes will strengthen those dimensions of AC based on firms’ existing knowledge and knowledge-assimilation abilities. Top decision makers who have high innovative cognitive style are more likely to reframe information, experiment with new problem-solving approaches, and take risks by violating norms, and we argue that these attributes may strengthen those dimensions of AC based on firms’ acquisition of new knowledge and the assimilation of knowledge throughout the firm. We also argue that gender differences may moderate these effects. Empirical results support our hypotheses.

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