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Knowledge strategy and its influence on knowledge organization

Kasten, Joseph (2007) Knowledge strategy and its influence on knowledge organization. In Tennis, Joseph T., Eds. Proceedings North American Symposium on Knowledge Organization 2007 1, pages pp. 44-54, Toronto, Ontario.

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Abstract

Knowledge strategy is the set of guidelines that shape the decisions that an organization makes regarding the acquisition, storage, manipulation, and application of its knowledge base. The purpose of this study is to identify and describe the influence knowledge strategy has on the manner in which an organization’s knowledge is organized. Using semi-structured interviews of upper level executives from various industries, relationships are established between certain characteristics of knowledge strategy types (e.g. proactive or reactive knowledge acquisition) and the organization of knowledge within the organization. Results indicate that certain aspects of a knowledge strategy are linked to certain approaches to knowledge organization, though organizational characteristics such as structure and industry type also play a major role.

EPrint Type:Conference Paper
Keywords:knowledge strategy, domain, comparative research
Subjects:Knowledge Organization
ID Code:1907
Deposited On:05 June 2007
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