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Balanced evaluation: monitoring the "success" of a knowledge management project

Evaluación balanceada: monitoreando el "éxito" de un proyecto de gestión del conocimiento
Balancierte Evaluation: Erfolgsmessung eines Wissensmanagement-Projekts
[journal article]

Wolf, Patricia

Abstract

Este artículo reporta los avances y hallazgos de un estudio longitudinal de dos años dirigido a investigar el impacto de un proyecto de gestión del conocimiento en las estructuras de decisión y comunicación de una organización. El proyecto de gestión del conocimiento introduce Comunidades de Práctic... view more

Este artículo reporta los avances y hallazgos de un estudio longitudinal de dos años dirigido a investigar el impacto de un proyecto de gestión del conocimiento en las estructuras de decisión y comunicación de una organización. El proyecto de gestión del conocimiento introduce Comunidades de Práctica tras-funcionales en una división de una gran compañía automotriz. El autor-investigador aplica perspectivas múltiples y un enfoque de investigación multimétodo denominado "evaluación balanceada" para ser capaz de revelar cambios en el conocimiento organizacional y los patrones de decisión. Se describe este enfoque teórico de sistema para la evaluación de procesos de transformación, se compara con enfoques tradicionales y se presentan y discuten resultados.... view less


Dieser Artikel berichtet über den Verlauf und die Resultate eine zweijährigen Langzeitstudie, welche den Einfluss eines Wissensmanagement-Projekts auf organisationale Kommunikations- und Entscheidungsstrukturen evaluiert hat. Das Wissensmanagement-Projekt hat Bereichsübergreifende Communities of Pra... view more

Dieser Artikel berichtet über den Verlauf und die Resultate eine zweijährigen Langzeitstudie, welche den Einfluss eines Wissensmanagement-Projekts auf organisationale Kommunikations- und Entscheidungsstrukturen evaluiert hat. Das Wissensmanagement-Projekt hat Bereichsübergreifende Communities of Practice in einer grossen Automobilfirma eingeführt. Die Autorin verwendete einen Forschungsansatz, der "balancierte Evaluation" genannt wurde und es ermöglichte, Änderungen der organisationalen Kommunikations- und Entscheidungsstrukturen aus verschiedenen Perspektiven mit mehreren Forschungsmethoden zu erforschen. Dieser systemtheoretische Ansatz für die Erfolgsmessung eines Transformationsprozesses wird beschrieben und mit traditionellen Ansätzen verglichen.... view less


This article reports on the course and the findings of a two year longitudinal study aimed at investigating the impact of a knowledge management project on an organization's communication and decision structures. The knowledge management project introduced cross-functional Communities of Practice in... view more

This article reports on the course and the findings of a two year longitudinal study aimed at investigating the impact of a knowledge management project on an organization's communication and decision structures. The knowledge management project introduced cross-functional Communities of Practice into a division of a large automotive company. The author-researcher applied a multi-perspective and multi-method research approach called "balanced evaluation" for being able to unravel changes in organizational knowledge and decision patterns. This system-theoretic approach to evaluation of transformation processes is described and compared to more traditional approaches; findings are presented and discussed.... view less

Keywords
research; communication; system theory; group discussion; success; Federal Republic of Germany; management; comparative research; decision making process; participant observation; best practice; evaluation; knowledge management; management approach; method; automobile industry

Classification
Management Science
Research Design
Economic Sectors
Organizational Sociology

Method
theory application; qualitative empirical; applied research; evaluation; empirical

Free Keywords
communities of practice; knowledge management; participant observation; interviews; group discussions; balanced evaluation; comunidades de práctica; gestión del conocimiento; observación participante; entrevistas; discusiones de grupo; evaluación balanceada; Communities of Practice; Interviews; balancierte Evaluation

Document language
English

Publication Year
2010

Page/Pages
26 p.

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 11 (2010) 3

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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