Knowledge Governance and its Effects on Knowledge Mobilization

知识治理及其对知识动员的影响

• 批准号: 1430826
• 负责人: Amy Javernick-Will
• 金额: $ 30.17万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1430826&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Knowledge; Governance; its; Effects; Mobilization

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.

一个组织在需要的时间和地点调动知识的能力是组织业绩的根本。 如果有效地执行，这种能力可以帮助组织减少重复的错误，传播创新和最佳实践，并避免将资源用于以前已经解决的问题。 迄今为止，已经提出并实施了各种管理知识的组织机制，但这些机制对知识调动的影响有限且各不相同。 因此，迫切需要更好地了解如何治理知识并影响整个组织的知识动员。知识治理关注组织机制的部署如何影响知识流程，即，知识的创造、保存和分享。 传统上，知识在组织中是通过社会和控制机制，通过实施实践社区和分级报告结构来管理的。 除了这些传统的机制，本研究将分析一种新的知识治理形式的创建-知识市场，知识的创建，定价和内部销售-在一个跨国工程组织。 因此，本研究从制度理论、交易成本经济学和企业知识观出发，分析内部知识市场的设计和演变;比较内部知识市场和传统实践社区对知识的治理;分析不同治理形式对知识动员的影响。知识价值本研究预计将扩大组织内知识治理的理论。 具体而言，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，本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，集中式方法与CoPs与内部知识市场），并确定这些治理策略对知识创造，更新，在组织内的影响。更广泛的影响这项研究将在整个数据收集和分析过程中参与行业，以验证和完善我们的研究结果。 将制作一个工具包和最佳做法指南，说明如何建立有效的内部知识市场，以及不同的治理形式如何影响知识调动，并分发给各组织。 此外，将根据这项研究创建一个课程模块，供大学教学使用。 总的来说，研究的目的是帮助知识密集型组织，如工程组织与全球分布的知识工作者，在他们的知识动员，以提高生产力和提高绩效，通过实施更有效的知识治理机制。