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Problems And Approaches In The Management Of Intellectual Capital In Religious Organisations: An Issue Of Complexity, Darin Freeburg
Problems And Approaches In The Management Of Intellectual Capital In Religious Organisations: An Issue Of Complexity, Darin Freeburg
Darin Freeburg
The current research uncovers problems with a religious organisation's Intellectual Capital
(IC), and the approaches organisational leaders take to overcome these problems. It is situated as an issue
of complexity, in which there are varying levels in both problem and approach. This is outlined according
to David Snowden's Cyne¯n model. It is suggested that complex IC problems require complex IC
approaches, while simple problems can make use of simple approaches. Two case studies with churches in
the American South were used. Focus groups with these churches identi¯ed IC assets of strategic importance,
problems, approaches, and current success. Surveys were distributed …