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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Navigating the Knowledge Landscape : Exploring Knowledge Barriers in the Context of Technological Consultancy

Hafiz, Benjamin January 2024 (has links)
The field of technical consultancy is centered around the value that each individual consultant can provide. This value has its ground in the set of skills and knowledge which the consultant possesses, and from an organizational standpoint, must be probably managed as to be fully utilized within the organization. The knowledge that consultants acquire during project missions is not every fully utilized within the base organization, due to the restrictions of knowledge barriers, prohibiting the transfer and retention of knowledge.    Knowledge management therefore becomes an important aspect to consider in the technical consultancy field, as technology is constantly changing at a higher pace. This are of knowledge management has been neglected in the past, as most research regard knowledge management focus on more linear organization and management consultancy. This report aims to identify what and how knowledge barriers are created within the technical consultancy field and how the barriers affect knowledge acquisitions, transfer, and retention. This report follows a qualitative study approach, with semi structured interviews of 12 managers in key positions at 9 consulting firms, ranging from senior consultancy managers to senior consultants.    The results of the empirical study identified 19 knowledge barriers affecting knowledge acquisition, transfer, and retention. The aspect of knowledge and organizational culture was found to be a foundational part of KM affecting the entire cycle of KM. The major barriers related to technical consultancy holding specialized and diverse knowledge, a lack of adequate knowledge management systems implemented, economic factors affecting KM utilization, market drivers creating barriers and internal as well as external cultural factors affecting the KM cycle.
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Fragebogen zur Identifikation von Wissensbarrieren in Organisationen (WiBa)

Hopf, Susanne 14 December 2009 (has links)
Das vorliegende Instrument – der Fragebogen zur Identifikation von Wissensbarrieren (WiBa) – misst den Umgang mit Wissen und Wissensbarrieren in Organisationen. Es lehnt sich in seiner Struktur an die Bausteine des Wissensmanagements von Probst, Raub und Romhardt (1997, 2006) an, die eine Art Lebenslauf von Wissen abbilden. Die 14 Skalen des Fragebogens decken die Themenfelder transaktives Wissen, Informationsverlust, interne Wissensbeschaffung, externe Wissensbeschaffung, Bedeutung von Wissensmanagement, Informationsspeicherung, Betriebsblindheit und mangelnde Aufmerksamkeit, mangelhafte Darstellung und Missverständnisse, Misstrauen und Mikropolitik, Übergabeprozesse, Informationsfluss, Kommunikationsklima, Lernkultur sowie Verbesserungsbedarf ab. Neben geschlossenen Fragen (Ratingskala, siebenstufig) gibt es auch einige offene Fragen. Der WiBa-Fragebogen sieht sich als Beitrag zur so genannten dritten Generation des Wissensmanagements. Auf Grund der Entwicklung unserer Gesellschaft von einer Produktions- zu einer Wissensgesellschaft gilt Wissen als die zentrale Ressource eines Unternehmens, die in der Regel noch nicht optimal ausgeschöpft wird. Zur Verbesserung werden oft gängige Wissensmanagement-Standardmaßnahmen blind ergriffen, die die vorhandenen Schwächen nicht im Kern treffen und daher auch ihre Wirkung nicht entfalten. Stattdessen ist die Entwicklung passgenauer, auf die aktuellen Bedürfnisse des Unternehmens abgestimmter Maßnahmen notwendig. Der WiBa-Fragebogen ermöglicht die dafür erforderliche Bestimmung des Ist-Zustandes im Umgang mit Wissen, indem er ein Stärken- und Schwächenprofil ausgibt. Er schließt damit eine Lücke in der bisherigen Landschaft der Diagnostik-Instrumente. Neben den Ergebnissen von explorativen Experten-Interviews flossen auch Erkenntnisse aus der Forschungsliteratur und ausgewählte Fragen aus anderen Instrumenten in die Item-Generierung ein. Im Rahmen von drei Erhebungswellen wurden insgesamt 1.256 Mitarbeiter mit dem WiBa-Fragebogen befragt. Das nun vorliegende Instrument ist objektiv, reliabel und valide. Insbesondere eine umfangreiche Prüfung der Kriteriums- und Konstruktvalidität konnte durch die Hinzunahme von anderen Erhebungsinstrumenten (zu den Themenfeldern Arbeitszufriedenheit, Arbeitsbeschreibung, Organisationskultur und Vorgesetztenverhalten) und durch Prüfung von Zusammenhängen mit demografischen Variablen und Unternehmensmerkmalen erreicht werden. Die stichprobenstarken Erhebungen führten dazu, dass ein erster Grundstock an Benchmark-Werte vorliegt. / The Questionnaire for the Identification of Knowledge Barriers (WiBa) measures the handling of knowledge within companies and organizations. The WiBa-questionnaire’s structure is inspired by the knowledge cycle of Probst, Raub and Romhardt (1997, 2006) which describes a lifecycle of knowledge. The fourteen scales include the topics: transactive knowledge, loss of information, internal knowledge acquisition, external knowledge acquisition, meaning of knowledge management, storage of information, professional blindness and lack of awareness, poor description and misunderstanding, mistrust and micropolitics, handover processes, information flow, climate of communication, learning culture and need for improvement. The questionnaire primarily includes questions rated on a seven point scale but also a small number of open questions. The WiBa-questionnaire is part of the so called third generation of knowledge management: Because our society has changed from a production-based to a knowledge-based society, knowledge is one of the most important resources for companies. Yet it is frequently not used as effectively as it could be. In trying to alleviate this, companies often blindly implement standard actions that do not exactly match the companies’ needs and therefore do not work. Instead it is crucial to implement actions that precisely fit the weaknesses and particularities of the company. In order to do that, an analysis of the actual handling of knowledge in the company is needed – this can be done by the WiBa-questionnaire. The output of this questionnaire consists of a profile of knowledge-strengths and knowledge-weaknesses. The questionnaire thereby closes a gap among in the currently available diagnostic tools. There were three sources for the development of items: first, explorative expert interviews, second, results from research and third, other questionnaires. In the sequence of three surveys a total of 1.256 employees took part. The WiBa-questionnaire is objective, reliable and valid. Especially criteria-validity and construct-validity were proven by checking the interrelations with other questionnaires (work satisfaction, work description, organizational culture and behavior of the superior) and with demographic variables and attributes of the company. Because of the large number of participants in the surveys, there is a basis of benchmark data available.

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