A golden recipe for reality?
(2012) BUSN49 20121Department of Business Administration
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate how knowledge sharing is understood and
practiced at ConLog, a market leading company in the container shipping industry, as well as to
advance a conceptual broader understanding of knowledge sharing and its influencing factors with
regard to the existing literature.
Methodology: An in-depth field study was carried out for four weeks in which 24 semi-structured
interviews with an average length of 60 minutes, and observations were conducted. A hermeneutic
strategy with an abductive approach were chosen as the methods applied.
Findings: The results of the study were that organizational members at ConLog have a very
instrumentalistic, idealistic and naive understanding of... (More) - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate how knowledge sharing is understood and
practiced at ConLog, a market leading company in the container shipping industry, as well as to
advance a conceptual broader understanding of knowledge sharing and its influencing factors with
regard to the existing literature.
Methodology: An in-depth field study was carried out for four weeks in which 24 semi-structured
interviews with an average length of 60 minutes, and observations were conducted. A hermeneutic
strategy with an abductive approach were chosen as the methods applied.
Findings: The results of the study were that organizational members at ConLog have a very
instrumentalistic, idealistic and naive understanding of knowledge, which is similar to what can be
found in literature. Furthermore it was found, that there are six different sources with which the
employees identify and that this fragmentation influences the culture and vice versa. Also, several
factors were explored that make knowledge sharing in the organization difficult. The principal
conclusion was that an instrumentalistic view of knowledge is not sufficient to cope with the
challenges in reality. A culture of knowledge sharing behaviour is vital in order to create an efficient
knowledge management system. Based on the empirical findings, a model was developed that
enhances the understanding of knowledge management and its underlying forces and dynamics. (Less)
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- author
- Terroba Corral, Urtzi LU and Strotmann, Monika
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- An in-depth study on how knowledge sharing is understood and practiced at ConLog
- course
- BUSN49 20121
- year
- 2012
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Knowledge, knowledge sharing, knowledge management, culture, identity
- language
- English
- id
- 3045104
- date added to LUP
- 2012-09-11 12:54:57
- date last changed
- 2012-09-11 12:54:57
@misc{3045104, abstract = {{Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate how knowledge sharing is understood and practiced at ConLog, a market leading company in the container shipping industry, as well as to advance a conceptual broader understanding of knowledge sharing and its influencing factors with regard to the existing literature. Methodology: An in-depth field study was carried out for four weeks in which 24 semi-structured interviews with an average length of 60 minutes, and observations were conducted. A hermeneutic strategy with an abductive approach were chosen as the methods applied. Findings: The results of the study were that organizational members at ConLog have a very instrumentalistic, idealistic and naive understanding of knowledge, which is similar to what can be found in literature. Furthermore it was found, that there are six different sources with which the employees identify and that this fragmentation influences the culture and vice versa. Also, several factors were explored that make knowledge sharing in the organization difficult. The principal conclusion was that an instrumentalistic view of knowledge is not sufficient to cope with the challenges in reality. A culture of knowledge sharing behaviour is vital in order to create an efficient knowledge management system. Based on the empirical findings, a model was developed that enhances the understanding of knowledge management and its underlying forces and dynamics.}}, author = {{Terroba Corral, Urtzi and Strotmann, Monika}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{A golden recipe for reality?}}, year = {{2012}}, }