title: Five critical knowledge management organizational themes

authors: Sun, Peter Yih-Tong

subjects: knowledge management

abstract: Purpose – This study is motivated by the question “how do organizational routines influence the three knowledge management processes of acquisition, creation, utilization and sharing?” and accordingly it seeks to address this issue. 
Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical framework is first built by linking absorptive capacity (a routine-based capability) with knowledge management processes. A literature search guided by the theoretical framework, and evidence from two case studies, were used to address the objective of the study. 
Findings – The study elicited the organizational routines that influence the three knowledge management processes. These routines were then clustered into five key organizational themes: systemic knowledge; strategic engagement; social networking (external and internal); cultural context; process and structural context. 
Research limitations/implications – Several implications for research are suggested. More specifically, the study offers five propositions that can be further tested. The key limitation of this study is the use of only two case studies for empirical data, and therefore further testing is needed. 
Practical implications – The study shows that, although leadership behavior is critical for knowledge management, its impact depends on the platform of routines and processes built for it. The identified routines and their influence on knowledge management are invaluable for knowledge management practitioners. 
Originality/value – The paper furthers understanding of how organizational routines influence the three knowledge management processes of knowledge acquisition, creation, utilization and sharing. This aspect has been little studied and is of value to both academics and practitioners.

text: Five critical knowledge management organizational themes Purpose – This study is motivated by the question “how do organizational routines influence the three knowledge management processes of acquisition, creation, utilization and sharing?” and accordingly it seeks to address this issue. 
Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical framework is first built by linking absorptive capacity (a routine-based capability) with knowledge management processes. A literature search guided by the theoretical framework, and evidence from two case studies, were used to address the objective of the study. 
Findings – The study elicited the organizational routines that influence the three knowledge management processes. These routines were then clustered into five key organizational themes: systemic knowledge; strategic engagement; social networking (external and internal); cultural context; process and structural context. 
Research limitations/implications – Several implications for research are suggested. More specifically, the study offers five propositions that can be further tested. The key limitation of this study is the use of only two case studies for empirical data, and therefore further testing is needed. 
Practical implications – The study shows that, although leadership behavior is critical for knowledge management, its impact depends on the platform of routines and processes built for it. The identified routines and their influence on knowledge management are invaluable for knowledge management practitioners. 
Originality/value – The paper furthers understanding of how organizational routines influence the three knowledge management processes of knowledge acquisition, creation, utilization and sharing. This aspect has been little studied and is of value to both academics and practitioners.

year: 2010

title: El espacio como agente intersemiótico en la (de)construcción del significado poético (Space as an intersemiotic agent in the (de)construction of poetic meaning)

authors: Lopez-Fernandez, Laura

abstract: En este estudio se investigan nociones aportadas por la crítica literaria y socio-cultural en torno a la discursividad del espacio como modo de producción. Asimismo, se redefine el espacio poemático verbal en contraste con el espacio fractal y se propone un modo inclusivo de lectura del mismo basado en propuestas teóricas de diversas escuelas de pensamiento y nuevos espacios epistemológicos: formalismo (Víctor Shklovsky), postestructuralismo (Henri Lefebvre, Edward Soja Roland Barthes; Mitchell W. J. T.; Mieke Ball), psicología de la percepción (la Gestalt), el concepto de espacio negativo “Ma” (Alan Fletcher; Richard B. Pilgrim), la poética cognitiva (Gaston Bachelard; Peter Stockwell; Reuven Tsur). De modo particular, se analiza el concepto de espacio como agente semiótico en la poesía fractal de Ramon Dachs y Roger Olivella.

text: El espacio como agente intersemiótico en la (de)construcción del significado poético (Space as an intersemiotic agent in the (de)construction of poetic meaning) En este estudio se investigan nociones aportadas por la crítica literaria y socio-cultural en torno a la discursividad del espacio como modo de producción. Asimismo, se redefine el espacio poemático verbal en contraste con el espacio fractal y se propone un modo inclusivo de lectura del mismo basado en propuestas teóricas de diversas escuelas de pensamiento y nuevos espacios epistemológicos: formalismo (Víctor Shklovsky), postestructuralismo (Henri Lefebvre, Edward Soja Roland Barthes; Mitchell W. J. T.; Mieke Ball), psicología de la percepción (la Gestalt), el concepto de espacio negativo “Ma” (Alan Fletcher; Richard B. Pilgrim), la poética cognitiva (Gaston Bachelard; Peter Stockwell; Reuven Tsur). De modo particular, se analiza el concepto de espacio como agente semiótico en la poesía fractal de Ramon Dachs y Roger Olivella.

year: 2015

title: Kōauau auē, e auau tō au e! The Kōauau in Te Ao Māori.

authors: Komene, Jo'el

subjects: Kōauau

abstract: In recent years there has been a revival of interest in traditional Māori musical instruments, including the kōauau. This thesis studies kōauau informed by a Māori framework, giving weight to traditional Māori knowledge and practices, emphasizing the spiritual dimensions of the instrument in its origins and its functions. The thesis defines the kōauau and how it is distinct from other taonga pūoro in its physical characteristics. It then presents the traditions associated with the kōauau which link its origins to the atua and their natural world, especially Raukatauri, together with other traditions from many rohe throughout Aotearoa.  The thesis describes the traditional tools and methods of construction, the role of atua in the construction process, materials used for kōauau, how they were embellished, and their use as adornments. The techniques for playing kōauau are analyzed, and there is a discussion of the occasions on which kōauau were played, and the purposes of performing on kōauau. The thesis also presents the texts of several traditional waiata kōauau. A number of traditional kōauau in storage at the Auckland Museum were able to be examined to confirm and extend documentary evidence about materials, construction methods, and embellishment. The discussion also comments on the quot;voicesquot; for those kōauau in the museum collection that could be sounded. The decline in kōauau performance during the twentieth century is outlined, and there is a summary of successful efforts in the later twentieth century to revive taonga pūoro, including kōauau. The thesis brings together in concise form much scattered information so that current and future performers with kōauau are able to give full consideration to its place in te ao Māori.

text: Kōauau auē, e auau tō au e! The Kōauau in Te Ao Māori. In recent years there has been a revival of interest in traditional Māori musical instruments, including the kōauau. This thesis studies kōauau informed by a Māori framework, giving weight to traditional Māori knowledge and practices, emphasizing the spiritual dimensions of the instrument in its origins and its functions. The thesis defines the kōauau and how it is distinct from other taonga pūoro in its physical characteristics. It then presents the traditions associated with the kōauau which link its origins to the atua and their natural world, especially Raukatauri, together with other traditions from many rohe throughout Aotearoa.  The thesis describes the traditional tools and methods of construction, the role of atua in the construction process, materials used for kōauau, how they were embellished, and their use as adornments. The techniques for playing kōauau are analyzed, and there is a discussion of the occasions on which kōauau were played, and the purposes of performing on kōauau. The thesis also presents the texts of several traditional waiata kōauau. A number of traditional kōauau in storage at the Auckland Museum were able to be examined to confirm and extend documentary evidence about materials, construction methods, and embellishment. The discussion also comments on the quot;voicesquot; for those kōauau in the museum collection that could be sounded. The decline in kōauau performance during the twentieth century is outlined, and there is a summary of successful efforts in the later twentieth century to revive taonga pūoro, including kōauau. The thesis brings together in concise form much scattered information so that current and future performers with kōauau are able to give full consideration to its place in te ao Māori.

year: 2009