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Track:
Knowledge Management Systems
Minitrack:
Knowledge Flows, Transfer, Sharing and Exchange In
Organizations
Knowledge flows across people, computers, and organizations, as
well as across both space and time. This mini-track focuses on
examining the nature and role of knowledge flows (e.g., knowledge
transfer and knowledge sharing) among entities. Technical,
managerial, behavioral, organizational, and economic perspectives
on knowledge flows are examined.
Knowledge flows occur between individuals, among groups of
individuals, and between organizations. This mini-track focuses on
examining the nature and role of knowledge flows (e.g., knowledge
transfer and knowledge sharing) among entities. Technical,
managerial, behavioral, organizational, and economic perspectives
on knowledge flows will be accepted and presented in this
mini-track. Potential topics that this minitrack will address are:
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Characterization of the nature of knowledge flows.
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Design of information and communication systems
that facilitate
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knowledge transfer and sharing.
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Technical challenges and solutions in the
development and implementation of systems that facilitate knowledge flows.
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Managerial and organizational challenges/solutions
in the institutionalization and implementation of processes and activities
that facilitate knowledge flows.
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Intra- and inter-organizational processes for
effective leverage of knowledge through knowledge transfer and sharing.
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Enablers and inhibitors of knowledge sharing and
knowledge transfer behaviors.
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Effects of national, professional, and
organizational cultures on knowledge transfer and knowledge sharing.
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Knowledge transfer and sharing behaviors within
emergent organizational forms such as virtual communities.
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Role of information and communication technologies
in managing knowledge flows.
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Knowledge reuse in organizations.
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Organizational and economic incentive structures
for knowledge sharing and use.
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Knowledge acquisition processes
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Effect of organizational culture on knowledge
transfer
Minitrack Co-Chairs:
K. D. Joshi (Primary Contact)
Department of Information Systems
Todd 440B
Washington State University
Pullman, WA – 99164
Phone: 509-335-5722
Fax: 509-335-5339
Email: joshi@wsu.edu
Mark E. Nissen
Naval Postgraduate School
589 Dyer Road, Room 200A
Monterey, CA 93943-5000
Phone: 831-656-3570
Fax: 831-656-3679
Email: MNissen@nps.edu
http://web.nps.navy.mil/~menissen/
Saonee Sarker
Department of Information Systems
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-4729
Phone: 509-335-1183
Fax: 509-335-5339
Email: ssarker@wsu.edu
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