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Parodi, Pascale. "The knowledge management convergence : from theory to practice in knowledge management." Aix-Marseille 3, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004AIX30019.
Full textKnowledge Management (KM) is not a new impossible philosophy about business, but more the sum of all the small actions that are contributing to the success of the whole picture. In the context of the new economy, KM becomes inevitable. The author defines it as "the process of nurturing for surviving in organizations. " The original contribution of this work is to demonstrate that KM is not a new topic that we must fit into our organizations. We rather have to pay attention to the "Knowledge Convergence" (KC), that already most of the time happens in our organizations and not to create a separate isolating bubble. Identify and take in account the KC is a way to start doing KM. This is about identifying in our established structures in organizations, its seeds. This is about the consideration of the organic development that already happened in companies and their linkage under the virtual umbrella of the already existing KM efforts. The goal is double. In one hand this is about enrooting those practices in the company culture sustaining the employees' motivation. On the other hand, it allows reducing the functional barriers between the different departments, in order to achieve common goals and perform more and more complex tasks. KM methods and practices used are tactical. If those converge (KC) under the coordination of a cross-functional team, then a new kind of knowledge could emerge (Knowledge Emergence). This then leads to the "Creative Advantage"
Diedrich, Andreas. "Engineering knowledge : how engineers and managers practice knowledge management /." Göteborg : BAS publ, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39983743r.
Full textFagade, Caleb. "Enhancing Supply Chain through Knowledge Management Practice." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för teknik och miljö, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-10911.
Full textSolouki, Soha. "Knowledge Management Practices in DevOps." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/40585.
Full textTucker, Eric. "KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT DETERMINANTS OF CONTINUANCE BEHAVIOR: EVALUATING THE AIR FORCE KNOWLEDGE NOW KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3343.
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Borzillo, Stefano. "Communities of practice to actively manage best practices." Wiesbaden : Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-9609-7.
Full textFennessy, Gabrielle Ann 1968. "Knowledge management in evidence based practice : study of a community of practice." Monash University, School of Information Management and Systems, 2002. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8023.
Full textMcNealy, Trenese LaShay. "Knowledge Management Practice Strategies in Project-Based Organizations." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3804.
Full textBishop, James. "Managing technical knowledge to enhance organisational best practice." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2009. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/4657.
Full textBlackburn, Alan. "The knowledge-based resources built through human resource management practice." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.418875.
Full textWalsh, John Nicholas. "A practice-based approach to examining knowledge management repository use." Thesis, Brunel University, 2010. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5171.
Full textGriffith, Alan. "Expanding knowledge and practice of construction management systems and procedures." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2006. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20163/.
Full textMcKenzie, Kevin M., and kmckenzie@spipowernet com au. "Exchanging �PayLoad� knowledge: Interpersonal knowledge exchange within consulting communities of practice." Swinburne University of Technology. The Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, 2002. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20040310.162600.
Full textMcHale, Kevin J., and Raymond E. Kendall. "Evolution: advancing Communities of Practice in naval intelligence." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/963.
Full textThe US Navy is embracing the principles of Knowledge Management (KM). One of the key components of KM is the Community of Practice. Communities of Practice are groups that form to share what they know, and to learn from one another regarding some aspect of their work. Organizations are strengthened through an improved network of contacts and enhanced productivity from their personnel. Personnel benefit through peer-group recognition and continuous learning. This thesis seeks to provide an understanding of how the Naval Intelligence Community, through the implementation of Communities of Practice, can reduce duplication of effort, increase collaboration between its personnel, and better support the resources in its people. In this thesis, we have provided a blueprint for building a successful unclassified Community of Practice for Naval Intelligence. This blueprint is designed to support replication on classified networks.
Lieutenant, United States Navy
Lombardo, Kimberly Marie. "Improving Advanced Practice Nurses' Knowledge of Cerebral Hemorrhage Assessment and Management." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5635.
Full textVo, Linh Chi. "The experience of being a knowledge manager in a multinational : a practice perspective." Phd thesis, Ecole Centrale Paris, 2009. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00462064.
Full textLawday, Geoff. "Knowledge, learning and reflection : consulting in communities of practice." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/135246.
Full textChourides, Pieris. "Best practice in knowledge management : an empirical study of the critical success factors in the creation of a knowledge management programme." Thesis, University of Derby, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412425.
Full textClarke, Sarah Frances. "Knowledge networks and sustainable technology management, an international study of organisational practice." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0010/NQ43418.pdf.
Full textAcheampong, Edwin Asiamah. "Knowledge management in public sector organisations : developing a practice framework for Ghana." Thesis, University of Bolton, 2014. http://ubir.bolton.ac.uk/651/.
Full textSambo, Mogamat Fadeel. "The influence of organisational control practices on knowledge production." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5632.
Full textThis study explores the relationship between knowledge creation and organisational and managerial control. I explore how organisational control impacts, influences, shapes, fashions and lay the foundation for the creation of the various types of knowledge within a research organisation. In particular, the aim of the study is to explore the influence that organisational control systems have on knowledge workers' capacity to generate new research knowledge. The literature on knowledge management reveals that there has been a lot of focus on knowledge creation. However, from my review of the literature there have not been sufficient research studies that explore organisational control mechanisms in facilitating or inhibiting the creation of knowledge. In addressing the research problem, this study intends to explore this gap. From an organisational control aspect, I draw on the Foucauldian toolbox using disciplinary power, pastoral power, and technologies of the self. Thereafter I develop a conceptual model in which I integrate knowledge creation and organisational control mechanisms. The research approach that I employed is a qualitative approach. In particular, I adopted a case study research design. Data was primarily collected using interviews and observation. Data analysis was conducted using a thematic approach. The research site was a national research company with their head office in Cape Town. All individuals within the organisation, including the managing director were comprehensively interviewed. From the data analysis, using the conceptual model I formulated, I made the claim that mechanisms of organisational and managerial control aided and facilitated certain modes of knowledge creation. Furthermore, the findings highlighted that employees acknowledged that organisational and managerial practices aided them in producing knowledge. The data analysis further confirmed the explanatory power of my conceptual model. The original model was structured on the premise that a particular organisational mechanism was dominate for each of the various stages in the knowledge creation process. The data provided evidence that all organisational control mechanism overlapped for each of the knowledge creation processes and therefore the model was re-worked. However, due to certain limitations, more research in this field is required to be able to explore further the nature of the relationship between knowledge creation and organisational control practices.
Kendall, Raymond E. McHale Kevin J. "Evolution : advancing Communities of Practice in naval intelligence /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Jun%5FKendall.pdf.
Full textLi, Yulong. "A Research Model for Collaborative Knowledge Management Practice, Supply Chain Integration and Performance." Connect to Online Resource-OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1177173627.
Full textTypescript. "Submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Manufacturing Management and Engineering." Bibliography: leaves 215-235.
Harry, Ricardo. "Knowledge management in a South African organization: application and comparison of the work of Nonaka nad Takeuchi to practice." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
Full textThe aim of this thesis is to provide a better understanding of how the knowledge creation process can be used to add value to the management of knowledge in a South African organization. This thesis describes, explores and explains how knowledge is created within an organization, how the organization can use it to add value to its current business practices and how a knowledge management methodology that is aligned with the systems thinking principle, can be used to manage the knowledge creation process.
Ibrahim, Fahmi. "An investigation of knowledge management practices in the UK light vehicle manufacturing industry : conceptualisations of theory and practice." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494575.
Full textLeask, Marilyn. "The development and embedding of new knowledge and practice in a profession." Thesis, De Montfort University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4327.
Full textWulff, Theresa. "Knowledge and clinical practice of nurses for adult post-operative orthopaedic pain management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20219.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pain management is a vital component of post-operative nursing care. Orthopaedic patients in particular experience severe pain following surgical intervention. Since effective pain management is crucial in the post-operative recovery of orthopaedic patients, it was essential to explore the knowledge and clinical practice of nurses in orthopaedic wards. The aim of the study was to establish nurses’ knowledge and clinical practice for adult postoperative pain management of orthopaedic patients. A non-experimental, descriptive self-administered survey using a quantitative approach was applied. The total population of N=97 registered professional and enrolled nurses working in dedicated orthopaedic wards in two central hospitals in the Cape Town Metropole district, South Africa were invited to participate in the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Reliability and validity was assured by means of a pilot study and consultation with nursing experts and a statistician. Ethical approval was obtained from the Health Research Ethics Committee of the University of Stellenbosch. Permission for access to the hospitals was obtained from the hospital and nursing managers. Informed written consent was obtained from the participants. The data was analysed by the statistician and presented in frequencies, tables and histograms. The variables were compared using either the Pearson chi-square test for differences in nursing category or the Mann-Whitney U-test for differences in years of experience. The analysis of the results illustrated knowledge deficits, inconsistent clinical practices and limited training in post-operative pain management. The recommendations include training courses, revision of the patient’s observation chart and formulation of policies and guidelines for pain management. Appropriate knowledge and clinical skills of nurses are critical to ensure optimal pain management for post-operative orthopaedic patients.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die bestuur van pyn is ’n essensiële component van post-operatiewe verpleegsorg. Ortopediese pasiënte ervaar spesifiek fel pyn na afloop van ’n chirugiese intervensie. Aangesien effektiewe pynbestuur belangrik in die post-operatiewe herstel van ortopediese pasiënte speel, was dit nodig om die kennis en kliniese praktyke van verpleegpersoneel in ortopediese sale te verken. Die doel van die studie was om verpleegpersoneel se kennis en kliniese ervaring van volwasse post-operatiewe pynbestuur van ortopediese pasiënte vas te stel. ’n Nie-eksperimentele, deskriptiewe, self-toegediende opname is toegepas wat gebruik maak van ’n kwantitatiewe benadering. Die totale populasie van 97 geregistreerde professionele en ingeskrewe verpleegkundiges wat in toegewyde ortopediese sale van twee sentrale hospitale in die Kaapstad Metropol distrik, Suid Afrika werk, is genooi om aan die studie deel te neem. ’n Gestruktureerde vraelys is gebruik om data in te samel. Betroubaarheid en geldigheid is verseker deur middel van ’n voortoets en konsultasie met verpleegkundige kenners en ’n statistikus. Etiese goedkeuring is verkry van die Gesondheidsnavorsing Etiese Komitee van die Universiteit Stellenbosch. Toestemming om toegang tot die hospitale te kry is verkry van die hospitaal en verpleegbestuurders. Ingeligte, geskrewe toestemming is van die deelnemers verkry. Die data is geanaliseer deur die statistikus en is aangebied in frekwensietabelle en histogramme. Die veranderlikes is vergelyk deur of die Pearson chi-vierkant toets te doen vir verskille in verpleegkategorieë, of die Mann-Whitney U-toets vir verskille in jare ervaring. Die analise van die resultate het kennistekorte, teenstrydige kliniese praktyke en beperkte opleiding in post-operatiewe pynbestuur uitgewys. Die aanbevelings sluit opleidingskursusse, hersiening van pasiënte se waarnemingsgrafiek en die formulering van beleid en riglyne vir pynbestuur in. Toepaslike kennis en kliniese vaardighede van verpleegpersoneel is krities om optimale pynbestuur vir post-operatiewe ortopediese pasiënte te verseker.
Young, Regit. "Activity-based knowledge contexts : an exploration of Niklas Luhmann's autopoietic social theories for knowledge management practice and systems." University of Western Australia. School of Economics and Commerce, 2006. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0037.
Full textWang, Yuan. "Knowledge management from Theory to Practice : A road map for small and medium sized enterprises." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Mathematics and Systems Engineering, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1608.
Full textNowadays, business activities become more and more complex; they entangle numerous aspects of knowledge: legal, financial, management, information technology, and so on. Knowledge Management, a still novel solution for most organization, aims boost and optimize the knowledge transfers in organization. The thesis is about should and how small and middle medium enterprises apply knowledge management. The author argues the content of knowledge management, and how implements those ideas into real business environment.
Haugstad, Bjørn. "Strategy as the intentional structuration of practice : the translation of formal strategies into strategies-in-practice." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:91e71808-dad2-4532-87e5-e2380d5d17ad.
Full textOgbamichael, Hermon Berhane. "Information & knowledge sharing within virtual communities of practice (VCoPs)." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2799.
Full textThe concept of virtual community of practice (VCoP) emanates from the need to create a new mode of learning and knowledge creation. It is found that highly structured forums are not necessarily the best way to assist people to learn and improve their knowledge. This then, requires organisations to seek alternative informal ways to share knowledge. The significance of optimising knowledge sharing results in VCoPs receiving considerable attention while searching for new ways to draw on expertise dispersed across global operations. This impacts organisations, thereby enabling them to respond more speedily to the demands of their stakeholders. The fast pace of change in their business environments is also a factor to contend with. Within this context, the use of VCoPs to optimise both, tacit and explicit knowledge sharing within stakeholders, is the central theme of this research. The findings from literature enables the researcher to explore scientific based models that may have the potential to enhance knowledge sharing in an enterprise. The Life Cycle knowledge flow model is found to be the most comprehensive compared to two other models – namely, a Spiral knowledge flow model and Dynamic knowledge flow model. The outflow from the findings in literature is that the Life Cycle knowledge flow model is selected as the basis to conduct two surveys to determine if the model could be adapted to improve knowledge sharing within VCoPs in particular, and in an enterprise in general. The result of the two surveys conducted (in 2011/2012 and 2016), leads to establishing an extended Life Cycle knowledge flow model. The established model enhances knowledge sharing within VCoPs, and in turn, assists when optimising knowledge sharing in an enterprise. This extended model covers six phases of knowledge development to improve knowledge sharing within VCoPs. The first phase enhances the creation of both, tacit and explicit knowledge. The second phase enables to optimise the organisation of knowledge. The third phase enables the formalisation of tacit knowledge, that is, conversion of tacit to explicit knowledge. The fourth phase improves the distribution of knowledge. The fifth phase enables to optimise the application of knowledge and the final phase enables the evolution or continuous development of knowledge. The contribution of this research proposes that a comprehensive knowledge flow model, namely the Life Cycle knowledge flow model found in literature, served as the basis for this research. However, this model was never tested or verified if it indeed optimises knowledge sharing within VCoPs. The two surveys (Survey One 2011/12 and Survey Two 2016) were developed and distributed to respondents to verify the model’s suitability to VcoPs. As a result of responses received from the two surveys, the researcher was then able to develop an extended Life Cycle knowledge flow model that particularly, optimises knowledge sharing within VCoPs. This research further contributes in formulating a scientific based knowledge flow model that can be adapted to social networks. Therefore, this research also creates the foundation to further study to investigate the optimisation of knowledge sharing in social networks. In recent literature, social networks are established as one of the informal mechanisms to share and enhance knowledge sharing in an enterprise.
Nichol, Kathryn. "Knowledge Translation Tools for Cancer Symptom Management by Home Care Nurses." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31016.
Full textTobin, Ndibarafinia Young. "A framework for knowledge capture and recovery in whole life costing practice." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2723.
Full textSvensson, Pontus, and Joel Halldin-Gjerdrum. "Hur sprider vi kunskap? : En kvalitativ studie om Räddningstjänstens kunskapsöverföring." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-28877.
Full textThe purpose of this study is to examine how the Swedish fire brigade disseminates knowledge from experiences, obtained from emergencies and practice, and the structural factors that affect this distribution. Structural factors referred to in this study are for example hierarchies, department boundaries, strategies for knowledge transfer and reward systems. The study's empirical data were collected through semi-structured interviews and is thus a qualitative study. The studies population consists of seven employees in various positions identified as key positions for knowledge dissemination. The study is based on various Knowledge management strategies and Communities of practice to explain the creation and dissemination of organizational knowledge. The result demonstrates that there are various methods of dissemination of knowledge consisting of a deviation system, effort reporting system and Communities of practice in work teams. Data show that the efficiency of dissemination varies and that there are both hindering and facilitating factors affecting the efficiency. The study shows that knowledge is disseminated most effectively within teams and that the deviation systems clear infrastructure works better than the effort reporting system, due to it’s lack of structure and unwieldy amount of information.
Ashton, Stephen D. "From Teams to Communities of Practice." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3807.
Full textTelford, David. "Journeys to the edge : exploring the dimensions of tacit knowledge sharing in communities of practice." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2018. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1248966.
Full textShaw, Lewis. "Responding to changes in global accountancy practice : knowledge management, information technology, and cognitive style." Thesis, Durham University, 2003. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1079/.
Full textRebentisch, Eric S. "Knowledge in flux : the transfer of technology and practice in an international joint venture." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11878.
Full textShafqat, Jawaid Sheikh Pantyp Ramasoota. "Knowledge, attitude and practice of the sanitary workers towards management of hospital waste in Islamabad, Pakistan /." Abstract, 1999. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2542/42E-ShafqatJawaidS.pdf.
Full textHildreth, Paul M. "Going the extra half-mile : international communities of practice and the role of shared artefacts." Thesis, University of York, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341485.
Full textTiti, Amayah Angela. "PREDICTORS OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING AMONG CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/179.
Full textAlghatas, Fathalla M. "Understanding Knowledge Sharing Within Communities of Practice. A Study of Engagement Patterns and Intervention within Community of Practice." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4243.
Full textLaFave, Lea R. Ayers. "Nursing Practice as Knowledge Work Within a Clinical Microsystem: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2008. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_diss/9.
Full textMcKerlie, Diane Lisa Humanski. "Explicit design knowledge : investigating design space analysis in practice and opportunities for its development." Thesis, London South Bank University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299910.
Full textAlzghoul, Amro. "Evaluation of University-Library Knowledge Management Practice: Comparative Case Studies from Developing and Developed Countries." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-30692.
Full textSmith, Terence Ivor. "An Investigation into the Impact of Information Technology Bank Examiners' Community Knowledge Sharing Sessions on their Individual Performance." NSUWorks, 2008. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/308.
Full textNousala, Susu, and susnousala@econ-km com. "Tacit knowledge networks and their implementation in complex organisations." RMIT University. Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2006. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20070209.095245.
Full textKayacetin, Cihan Nuri. "Exploring Knowledge Management In The Practice Of Architecture: A Pilot Study From The Turkish Capital." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611052/index.pdf.
Full textankaya district of Ankara. The subject domain is assumed to be experiencing problems such as managing knowledge at a strategic level. This is due to the facts that the amount and importance of tacit knowledge is significant and communication of this knowledge to other parties is the responsibility of the architectural partners. The survey found out that management of architectural knowledge is considered to be beneficial for the overall productivity of architectural offices. However, challenges such as lack of standard procedures and low profit margins in the AEC industry render this activity to be less effective on profit and innovation in design.
Mafereka, Moeketsi. "Analysis and Development of an Online Knowledge Management Support System for a Community of Practice." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30918.
Full textQuam, Jennifer M. "Knowledge of Assessment and Management of Childhood Obesity Among Rural Primary Care Nurse Practitioners." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/612863.
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