Knowledge Sharing in Practice
By: by Marleen Huysman, Dirk Wit
Contributors: Wit, Dirk
Series: Information Science and Knowledge Management -- 4; Information Science and Knowledge Management -- 4
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9789048160051; 9789401599924
Subjects: Industrial management; Computer science; Economics
Description: In this volume organizational learning theory is used to analyse various practices of managing and facilitating knowledge sharing within companies. Experiences with three types of knowledge sharing, namely knowledge acquisition, knowledge reuse, and knowledge creation, at ten large companies are discussed and analyzed. This critical analysis leads to the identification of traps and obstacles when managing knowledge sharing, when supporting knowledge sharing with IT tools, and when organizations try to learn from knowledge sharing practices. The identification of these risks is followed by a discussion of how organizations can avoid them. This work will be of interest to researchers and practitioners working in organization science and business administration. Also, consultants and organizations at large will find the book useful as it will provide them with insights into how other organizations manage and facilitate knowledge sharing and how potential failures can be prevented.
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Table of contents: title: From the contents: Preface; title: Part 1: Theoretical background; title: Part 2: Practices of knowledge-sharing; title: Part 3: A critical analysis; title: Index; title: Endnotes.