Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 8 Issue 4

The architecture and design of the knowledge organization

Mie Augier, Thorbjørn Knudsen

The purpose of this paper is to meet the challenge of modeling knowledge organization by introducing a new, unifying, way of thinking about the organization of knowledge. Building…

Critical issues in research on real‐time knowledge management in enterprises

Omar A. El Sawy, Ann Majchrzak

This paper aims to identify and articulate critical research issues in the emerging area of real‐time knowledge management (RT‐KM) in enterprises, in order to stimulate other…

Knowledge and performance in action

Thomas Schack

This article addresses the functional links between knowledge and performance in human activity. Starting with the evolutionary roots of knowledge and activity, it shows how the…

Group cognition as a basis for supporting group knowledge creation and sharing

John T. Nosek

This paper explores how group cognition can provide a basis for understanding knowledge creation and sharing that does not depend on the assumption of extant internal…

Knowledge architectures for cultural narratives

Ramesh Srinivasan

This paper introduces a new approach toward applying ideas of knowledge management toward the domain of culture and communities. A set of precedents are discussed, all of which…

Enabling knowledge creation in far‐flung teams: best practices for IT support and knowledge sharing

Arvind Malhotra, Ann Majchrzak

This paper provides an insight into how companies faced with hypercompetitive environments are leveraging their globally dispersed knowledge resources through far‐flung teams…

From sashimi to zen‐in: the evolution of concurrent engineering at Fuji Xerox

Katsuhiro Umemoto, Atsushi Endo, Marcelo Machado

This case study examines the evolution of R&D knowledge management at Japan’s business equipment maker Fuji Xerox, from the sashimi system, a Japanese origin of concurrent…

Technology challenges for the global real‐time enterprise

Werner Vogels

This paper reviews the real‐time enterprise from a technology point of view, with a strong focus on the challenges of building globally scalable technology. We analyze the…