Knowledge Governance and its Effects on Knowledge Mobilization

组织在需要时随时随地调动知识的能力是组织绩效的基础。如果有效实施，这种能力可以帮助组织减少重复错误、传播创新和最佳实践，并避免将资源专门用于以前已解决的问题。到目前为止，已经提出并实施了管理知识的各种组织机制，但它们对知识动员的影响有限且各不相同。因此，迫切需要更好地了解如何管理知识并在整个组织中实现知识动员。知识治理关注的是组织机制的部署如何影响知识过程，即知识的创造、保留和共享。传统上，知识是通过实施实践共同体(COPS)和分层报告结构，通过社会和控制机制在组织中管理的。除了这些传统机制外，这项研究还将分析在跨国工程组织内创造一种新的知识治理形式--知识市场，在那里知识在内部创造、定价和销售。因此，本研究以制度理论、交易成本经济学和企业的知识为基础，分析了内部知识市场的设计和演化；(Ii)比较和对比了内部知识市场和传统实践共同体对知识的治理；(Iii)分析了不同的治理形式对知识动员的影响。智力价值这项研究有望扩展组织内知识治理的理论。具体地说，通过分析一种新的知识治理形式(即内部知识市场)，本研究将市场机制引入组织内分析。此外，这项研究将创建一个理论框架，用于分析和比较不同形式的知识治理(例如，集中化方法与COPS和内部知识市场)，并确定这些治理战略对组织内知识创造、更新和覆盖的影响。广泛影响本研究将在整个数据收集和分析过程中让业界参与，以验证和完善我们的发现。将编写工具包和最佳做法指南，说明如何创建有效的内部知识市场，以及不同治理形式如何影响知识调动，并向各组织散发。此外，还将根据这项研究创建一个课程模块，用于大学教学。总体而言，这项研究旨在帮助知识密集型组织，如拥有全球分布的知识工作者的工程组织，通过实施更有效的知识治理机制来调动知识，以提高生产率和改善业绩。

The ability of an organization to mobilize knowledge when and where it is needed is fundamental for organizational performance. When done effectively, this ability can help organizations reduce repeated mistakes, spread innovation and best practices, and avoid dedicating resources to problems that have been solved previously. To date, various organizational mechanisms to govern knowledge have been proposed and implemented, yet they have had limited and varying effects on knowledge mobilization. Thus, there is a pressing need to better understand how to govern knowledge and effect knowledge mobilization across the entire organization.Knowledge governance is concerned with how the deployment of organizational mechanisms influences knowledge processes, i.e., the creation, retention, and sharing of knowledge. Traditionally, knowledge is governed in organizations through social and control mechanisms through the implementation of Communities of Practice (CoPs) and hierarchical reporting structures. In addition to these traditional mechanisms, this research will analyze the creation of a new form of knowledge governance - a knowledge market, where knowledge is created, priced and sold internally - within a multinational engineering organization. Thus, this research builds from institutional theory, transaction cost economics and the knowledge-based view of the firm to (i) analyze the design and evolvement of an internal knowledge market; (ii) compare and contrast the governance of knowledge through internal knowledge markets and traditional Communities of Practice; and (iii) analyze how different forms of governance affect knowledge mobilization. Intellectual Merit This research is expected to expand upon theories of intra-organizational knowledge governance. Specifically, by analyzing a new form of knowledge governance (i.e., internal knowledge markets), this research introduces market mechanisms into intra-organizational analysis. In addition, this research will create a theoretical framework for analyzing and comparing different forms of knowledge governance (e.g., centralized approaches vs. CoPs vs. internal knowledge markets) and determining the effects of these governance strategies on knowledge creation, renewal, reach within an organization.Broader ImpactsThis research will engage industry throughout the data collection and analysis process to validate and refine our findings. A toolkit and best practice guide on how to create an effective internal knowledge market and how different governance forms affect knowledge mobilization will be created and disseminated to organizations. In addition, a course module will be created from this research for teaching in Universities. Overall, the research aims to aid knowledge intensive organizations, such as engineering organizations with globally distributed knowledge workers, in their mobilization of knowledge to increase productivity and improve performance through the implementation of more efficient knowledge governance mechanisms.