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Stickiness In Knowledge Transfer, Margret Schuller
Stickiness In Knowledge Transfer, Margret Schuller
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
Stickiness is a metaphor for the difficulties encountered in transferring knowledge. The concept of stickiness is first mentioned by Von Hippel (1994), who used the term to describe the costs in accessing and sharing information for technical innovation due to the fact that knowledge is socially embedded within the organisation and its practice. The way information is encoded is typically different from how it is socially embedded. As Nonaka (1995) argued, some knowledge systems are explicit whereas others are tacit. As the cost of encoding information, which is tacit, or socially embedded, increases, stickiness also increases.
Supporting Organizational Agility In A Software Company Through Boundary Spanning And Knowledge Brokering, Christoph Rosenkranz, Karlheinz Kautz
Supporting Organizational Agility In A Software Company Through Boundary Spanning And Knowledge Brokering, Christoph Rosenkranz, Karlheinz Kautz
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
We demonstrate how boundary spanning and knowledge brokering as a dual approach support the organizational agility of a software development company. We present the case of an organizational unit whose members engage in both activities within as well as between the company and its environment. We analyze the team's and its members' approach and identify well functioning practices as well as challenges and problems and contribute to an improved understanding of an intertwined strategy of boundary spanning and knowledge brokering to provide a balancing mechanism between flexibility and stability, which characterize organizational agility to effectively respond to changes in the …
The Use Of Grounded Theory In Research: Knowledge Sharing In The Australian Film Industry, Michael Jones, Irit Alony
The Use Of Grounded Theory In Research: Knowledge Sharing In The Australian Film Industry, Michael Jones, Irit Alony
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
Selecting the most appropriate research method is one of the most difficult problems facing a researcher. Grounded Theory is presented here as a method of choice as it is. This paper tracks a Grounded Theory research project undertaken to study the phenomena of collaboration and knowledge sharing in the Australian Film Industry. The detailed, rigorous, and systematic approach of the theory Grounded Theory also permits flexibility and freedom rendering Grounded Theory suitable for the investigation of complex multifaceted phenomena. Grounded Theory is also well equipped to explore socially related issues. This cha pter describes the techniques, utility, and ease of …