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Knowledge Management: an Open Systems Approach

Welch, Christine ; Bednar, Peter LU and Milner, Christopher (2011) ItAIS 2011. Proceedings of 8th Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS,
Abstract
Nowadays, organizations pursue their aims in a context of distributed collaboration, creating a need not only for supporting ICT systems, but for a hu-man-centred focus in which individual and group sense-making and learning are supported by appropriate toolsets. We argue that development of such toolsets re-quires an open systems approach. This paper discusses one example: non-competitive benchmarking (NCB), as a vehicle for knowledge transfer, leading to process improvement and potential for enhanced organizational performance. We use this example to explore ways in which engaged actors may be supported to create and share their contextually-dependent tacit knowledge. The foundation of open systems approaches is discussed, showing how... (More)
Nowadays, organizations pursue their aims in a context of distributed collaboration, creating a need not only for supporting ICT systems, but for a hu-man-centred focus in which individual and group sense-making and learning are supported by appropriate toolsets. We argue that development of such toolsets re-quires an open systems approach. This paper discusses one example: non-competitive benchmarking (NCB), as a vehicle for knowledge transfer, leading to process improvement and potential for enhanced organizational performance. We use this example to explore ways in which engaged actors may be supported to create and share their contextually-dependent tacit knowledge. The foundation of open systems approaches is discussed, showing how socio-technical approaches continue to have relevance today. (Less)
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Open systems approaches, socio-technical systems, non-competitive benchmarking, knowledge management practice.
host publication
Information Systems: a crossroads for Organization, Management, Accounting and Engineering
editor
D'Atri, Alessandro ; Te'eni, Dov and De Marco, Marco
pages
8 pages
publisher
ItAIS
conference name
ItAIS 2011. Proceedings of 8th Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS,
conference location
Rome, Italy
conference dates
2011-10-07
ISBN
978-88-6105-063-1
language
English
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yes
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19f63a24-e0c1-4740-8db8-36550d0af707 (old id 4318030)
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http://www.cersi.it/itais2011/pdf/75.pdf
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2016-04-04 11:52:05
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  author       = {{Welch, Christine and Bednar, Peter and Milner, Christopher}},
  booktitle    = {{Information Systems: a crossroads for Organization, Management, Accounting and Engineering}},
  editor       = {{D'Atri, Alessandro and Te'eni, Dov and De Marco, Marco}},
  isbn         = {{978-88-6105-063-1}},
  keywords     = {{Open systems approaches; socio-technical systems; non-competitive benchmarking; knowledge management practice.}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{ItAIS}},
  title        = {{Knowledge Management: an Open Systems Approach}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5873740/4318031.pdf}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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