Facilitating Knowledge Transfer in an R&D Environment

2000 ◽  
pp. 147-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Will Barrett ◽  
M. S. Lydia Lau ◽  
Peter M. Dew
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Recent Introduction ◽  
Physical Barriers ◽  
Concepts Of Knowledge

Managing knowledge is not a new idea. Although the term “knowledge management” is a recent introduction into the corporate lexicon, the concept is by no means exclusive to the 1990s. The underlying concepts of knowledge management, such as collaboration, exchange of ideas, communication, and so on, have always been present in organisations. Spontaneous, unrestricted knowledge transfer is vital to business success and the transfer of knowledge occurs within organisations whether the process is managed or not. In large, decentralised organisations, knowledge is constrained by organisational, cultural and physical barriers. In such cases, the transfer of knowledge is localised and fragmentary as mechanisms for accessing distant knowledge resources are poor or nonexistent. A traditional solution is the corporate librarian or other broker, who presides over a repository of knowledge and is aware of expertise across the organisation. However, this role may be unable to meet the modern demands of knowledge management, or be obsolete if the management of knowledge is to become part of every employee’s job.

scholarly journals Knowledge Crash and Knowledge Management

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Ermine
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Strategic Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Capital ◽  
Global Approach ◽  
Knowledge Loss ◽  
History Of ◽  
Concepts Of Knowledge ◽  
The Right

Population ageing is a phenomenon that is quite new and irreversible in the history of mankind. Every country and every organisation is concerned while it is not certain that all the risks and challenges have been clearly identified. Clearly, there is a risk of massive knowledge loss, i.e., “Knowledge Crash”, due to massive retirements, but not exclusively for this reason. This risk is not evaluated at the right level, and in this regard, this article, by including the problem of “Knowledge Crash” in the more general framework of “Knowledge Management”, enlarges the concepts of knowledge, generation, and knowledge transfer. The author proposes a global approach, starting from a strategic analysis of a knowledge capital and ending in the implementation of socio-technical devices for inter-generational knowledge transfer.

Knowledge management and innovative behavior: police reform efforts in Puerto Rico

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Castro ◽  
Maria Santos-Corrada ◽  
Jose A. Flecha-Ortiz ◽  
Evelyn Lopez ◽  
Jose Gomez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Absorption

Purpose Knowledge management has historically been approached in private firms as a key factor for business management. However, this is not the case for government institutions. The existing literature on the transfer of knowledge appears as a topic little addressed in government and even to a lesser degree within the police forces. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between motivation, knowledge absorption, knowledge transfer and innovative behavior in a public organization such as the Puerto Rico Police. Design/methodology/approach This quantitative research using the survey technique had the participation of 300 police officers from the 13 police regions of Puerto Rico and the research model was analyzed through partial least squares structural equation modeling. Findings The results contribute to the growth of the currently limited literature at identifies how motivation, knowledge absorption, knowledge transfer and institutional support influence innovative behavior. Originality/value The study discusses a series of implications on less explore the issue in how the transfer of knowledge becomes a key force to produce change and the success of all reforms. Various implications for the success of public administration in bringing a change from a bureaucratic culture to an advanced one are also discussed.

Developing a Specific Knowledge Transfer Framework for Creating Knowledge Resources in the Area of Special Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 1350027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu He
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Education Projects ◽  
Use Of Knowledge ◽  
Education Field

There is a lack of discussion and case studies about the adoption and use of knowledge management (KM) in special education in literature. This paper applies the concept of KM to special education and develops a specific knowledge transfer framework of creating online knowledge resources for special education. The results from two special education projects are described to demonstrate the value of the developed framework. This paper provides concrete evidences to increase the awareness of the role and value of KM in the special education field.

scholarly journals The role of religious experience in the knowledge transfer process

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Fascia
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Context Knowledge ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Transfer Mechanisms

The importance given to knowledge in relation to business success has never been sogreat as it is today and there is a substantive amount of important and informed studiesreflecting this. Nonetheless, informed approaches by prominent authors generally focuson knowledge transfer mechanisms and the efficiency of these mechanisms to supportand deliver competitive advantage (Nonaka, 1994; Grant, 1996; Argote and Ingram,2000; Alavi and Leidner, 2001). An overarching objective of understanding efficientknowledge transfer is therefore a central caveat for businesses wishing to achievesuccess and maintain competitive advantage since it is clear that any significantdegradation of efficiency will directly affect this objective. Many studies do recognisedthe creation of knowledge as a significant factor in determining how effectively abusiness develops, and knowledge creation, theorised by (Nonaka and Takeuchi, 1995),is used as a baseline for numerous historic and current studies. To date however, therehave been few studies which denote the affect of socio-cultural or religious phenomenawithin a transfer scenario as significant, and how this interaction may affect the outcomeof the knowledge shared or exchanged in a business context. This paper thereforeexamines how, in a business context, knowledge transfer is influenced by perspectivesgiven to the knowledge. This rational is deliberate since the transfer of knowledge israrely a simple unproblematic event, (Argote et al., 2000). In this regards, we look at asignificant amount of literature and research which has been constructed in a bid tounderstand both the problematic nature surrounding the mechanics of the transfersequence and definition of the term ‘knowledge’ to support the establishment ofmeaningful baselines. The paper then summarises these theoretical baselines intosegmented contexts with deliberate intention

scholarly journals : Attributes within a Knowledge transfer scenario

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Fascia
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Doxastic Attitude ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Unity Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Value

In this short paper, we discuss a dialectic methodology surrounding theinterpretation of knowledge transfer, and the conditional elements whichcan be seen to support the concept of a unity of knowledge. We discuss adiffering standpoint to knowledge and knowledge value, based on theknowledge transfer practitioner’s perspective, but still in a business context.We ask why, if knowledge is vital for business success and competitiveadvantage, the transfer of knowledge is rarely a simple unproblematic event.Further, that the creation of knowledge before transfer is recognised as asignificant factor in determining a starting point for analogous scrutiny, andoften under a premise of doxastic attitude. This discussion therefore aims tosynthesise current literature and research into an elemental epistemicprincipal of FIGURATION DYNAMICS, and in doing so, may help focuscongruent knowledge transfer theories.

scholarly journals Knowledge management: an exploratory study for knowledge transfer in a university

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (28) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Telma Bertolazo ◽  
Rejane Sartori ◽  
Nelson Tenório
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Organizational Processes ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
Knowledge Management Tools

At present time educational and scientific organizations face dynamic and competitive environments that urge for innovation in their knowledge transfer processes. For that, they can count on a set of tools and techniques to better manage knowledge. Thus, the objective of this study is to suggest Knowledge Management tools and techniques that favor the transfer of knowledge in the development of organizational processes. The study carried out in the lato sensu postgraduate sector of a university located in the south of Brazil which started its activities 30 years ago, has a qualitative and exploratory character, as the methodological procedures employed were documentary research and an ethnography study. The primary data was collected through participant observation. The findings show that there are three major organizational processes in Educational institutions: "enrolling students", "accompanying students" and "operationalizing classes". Those processes involve 18 activities resulting in the fragmentation of knowledge. Thus, six Knowledge Management tools and techniques were suggested to support knowledge transfer in the organizational processes namely: benchmarking, practical community, collaboration tools, lessons learned, best practices, and storytelling.

scholarly journals Training and knowledge transfer at the interface of cultures

Management ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Transfer Process ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
The Impact

Summary The paper discusses different approaches to the problems of knowledge transfer. In the paper factors that influence cross cultural knowledge transfer with training is presented. It can be argued that the impact of national culture on the transfer of knowledge is less than the influence of such elements of the transfer process like: number of canal, source’s willingness to share knowledge, sender’s willingness to acquire knowledge, absorptive capacity of the receiver and to what degree Knowledge Resources was transformed.

scholarly journals Strength of culture and transfer of knowledge in organizations

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Nataša Pivec ◽  
Vojko Potočan
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Managerial Positions ◽  
Cultural Strength

This paper analyses the effects of organizational culture on the transfer of knowledge in organizations. While prior literature has considered relations between individual classifications of organizational culture and the whole process of knowledge development, we focused our analysis on the dimension of cultural strength and its effects on the selected phase of knowledge transfer in organizations. Our study suggested that organizations need to analyse how weak and strong organizational culture affects knowledge in organizations. The study drew upon the behavioural, organizational, and knowledge management theories and analysed answers from 138 respondents in Slovenian organizations. Analysing knowledge data demonstrates that older respondents and employees in managerial positions are more prone to knowledge transfer. The analysis shows that the strength of organizational culture is positively and statistically significantly associated with knowledge transfer in organizations. The main practical implication of this study is our finding, which suggests that organizations need to further improve the transfer of knowledge through increasing the strength of organizational culture.

scholarly journals Knowledge transfer in technological innovation clusters

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vania Lopes Simoes Fioravanti ◽  
Fabricio Stocker ◽  
Flavio Macau
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Innovation Clusters

PurposeThe aim of this research is to analyze the knowledge transfer process in technological innovation clusters. The problem of the study addresses how organizations can act in a network to enhance experiences and gains, particularly in the aspect of knowledge management.Design/methodology/approachThe study is qualitative, applied through a case study, cross-sectional and multiple sources of evidence – semistructured interviews, nonparticipant observation and analysis of documents and secondary institutional data. The case analyzed was the Technology Park of São José dos Campos, in Brazil, involving private companies, governmental organizations, universities and research institutions.FindingsThe results reinforce the arguments that the transfer of knowledge is influenced by factors, facilitators or inhibitors such as: cooperation, relationship with institutions, workforce mobility and geographical proximity, influencing the competitiveness and performance of the organizations in the cluster.Research limitations/implicationsThis study advances the knowledge management literature in network environments, especially in technological innovation clusters, systematizing and highlighting the facilitating and inhibiting dimensions of knowledge transfer.Practical implicationsThe present work has a direct dialogue with the managers and actors involved in the governance of these organizational arrangements with regard to increasing the capacity for creation and the dissemination of knowledge among organizations, educational institutions, government and companies.Originality/valueThere is a presence of aspects indicating that knowledge goes beyond borders through dynamic and collaborative structures, reinforcing the premise that clusters must be perceived as an evolutionary system, whose result of interactions leads to a superior joint capacity.

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