Showing papers by "John S. Edwards published in 2015"
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental policy evaluation approach called RCT+ is proposed to evaluate whether or not a business-to-business innovation voucher initiative can achieve the desired outcomes.
35 citations
TL;DR: Social network analysis and the ordered weighted averaging operator (OWA) is used to analyse complex networks, assess the role of indirect ties, and provide guidance to reduce complexity for decision makers and analysts.
16 citations
01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: The chapter concludes that the main challenge for the future is to develop KM models that incorporate enough complexity to be effective, while remaining simple enough that people who are not KM experts can use them.
Abstract: This chapter reviews some of the most important and useful concepts and models developed in or for KM. The review is organised on the basis of a model of KM as the interplay between people, processes and technology, supported by organizational structures. This stems from a philosophy that the people and technological aspects of KM always need to be balanced appropriately. Adding the content of the knowledge to this model yields the five sub-sections of the chapter. Content aspects cover tacit and explicit knowledge and the SECI model. Process aspects include KM maturity models and absorptive capacity. People aspects highlight Communities of Practice, sticky knowledge, storytelling, cognitive maps and social network analysis. Structural and strategic aspects include exploration/exploitation, personalization/codification, alignment with business strategy and ba. Technological aspects feature ontologies. The chapter concludes that the main challenge for the future is to develop KM models that incorporate enough complexity to be effective, while remaining simple enough that people who are not KM experts can use them.
9 citations
30 Sep 2015
TL;DR: This book provides a broad perspective on the field, rather than one based on a single viewpoints from Computer Science or Organizational Learning, offering a comprehensive and integrated conception of Knowledge Management.
Abstract: This book reviews the field of Knowledge Management, taking a holistic approach that includes both "soft" and "hard" aspects. It provides a broad perspective on the field, rather than one based on a single viewpoints from Computer Science or Organizational Learning, offering a comprehensive and integrated conception of Knowledge Management. The chapters represent the best Knowledge Management articles published in the 21st century in Knowledge Management Research & Practice and the European Journal of Information Systems, with contributors including Ikujiro Nonaka, Frada Burstein, and David Schwartz. Most of the chapters contribute significantly to practise as well as theory.
8 citations
01 Sep 2015
TL;DR: The activity that the authors now call knowledge management has been practised for thousands of years — probably ever since the first “organizers” in tribes or villages tried to think of ways to stop repeating the same mistakes.
Abstract: The activity that we now call knowledge management has been practised for thousands of years — probably ever since the first “organizers” in tribes or villages tried to think of ways to stop repeating the same mistakes. Coming up with new knowledge, sharing it with others, making sure it is retained for the future, refining it (learning from experience), understanding how to apply it and deciding when to discard it are all important parts of the human experience.
1 citations