The study aims to investigate project managers 'and project participants' experience of communication in connection with knowledge transfer in and between projects within the school system and academia. This essay is based on the question of what affects communication in knowledge transfer in and between projects. The essay is based on semi-structured interviews with 12 respondents, both project managers and project participants in compulsory school, upper secondary school, and college and university. The collected data has been processed and compiled through thematic analysis and is presented thematically in the results section by answering the question. The emerging themes in the study are how leadership affects communication, the need for communication of previous experiences and knowledge, the content of communication and how it is conveyed, why motivation is important for communication, the impact of psychological barriers on communication and how access to time affects communication. The result of the study shows that the experience of communication in knowledge transfer in and between projects depends on many different factors that depends on both personal and organizational reasons. The conclusion shows that communication in knowledge transfer in and between projects is largely made possible by the social climate that prevails within and between project groups, which depends on the leadership but also the project participants' personal characteristics and abilities.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-84822 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Kasmarvik, Katarina |
| Publisher | Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan (from 2013) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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