Knowledge Management within a Consultancy Firm. A case study of Accenture
(2010)Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- Today’s business environment is constantly evolving and growing, the companies of today constantly have to be on the lookout for new knowledge, it has to be a never ending strive. They have to realize that no company can by themselves create knowledge, it is possible only through interaction with their human capital. Because we live in a knowledge economy, the way companies handle their knowledge resources is exceedingly important. To be able to survive a fierce competitive environment and preserve a sustainable competitive advantage, knowledge management has to be implemented to develop competitiveness. The purpose of the research is to investigate the management of internal knowledge within an organization, more specifically a consulting... (More)
- Today’s business environment is constantly evolving and growing, the companies of today constantly have to be on the lookout for new knowledge, it has to be a never ending strive. They have to realize that no company can by themselves create knowledge, it is possible only through interaction with their human capital. Because we live in a knowledge economy, the way companies handle their knowledge resources is exceedingly important. To be able to survive a fierce competitive environment and preserve a sustainable competitive advantage, knowledge management has to be implemented to develop competitiveness. The purpose of the research is to investigate the management of internal knowledge within an organization, more specifically a consulting organization, operating in a knowledge intensive industry. (Less)
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- author
- Svedberg, Elin and Sjöström, Ellinor
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2010
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Knowledge Management, Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Creation, Organizational Learning, Management of enterprises, Företagsledning, management
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1779612
- date added to LUP
- 2010-01-10 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2012-04-02 18:34:37
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abstract = {{Today’s business environment is constantly evolving and growing, the companies of today constantly have to be on the lookout for new knowledge, it has to be a never ending strive. They have to realize that no company can by themselves create knowledge, it is possible only through interaction with their human capital. Because we live in a knowledge economy, the way companies handle their knowledge resources is exceedingly important. To be able to survive a fierce competitive environment and preserve a sustainable competitive advantage, knowledge management has to be implemented to develop competitiveness. The purpose of the research is to investigate the management of internal knowledge within an organization, more specifically a consulting organization, operating in a knowledge intensive industry.}},
author = {{Svedberg, Elin and Sjöström, Ellinor}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Knowledge Management within a Consultancy Firm. A case study of Accenture}},
year = {{2010}},
}