Document (#25907)

Author

Lammers, I.S.
Eijnatten, F.M. van

Title

Improving the management of knowledge in an automation department of a Dutch bank : embarking on action research

Source

Knowledge management: organization competence and methodolgy. Proceedings of the Fourth International ISMICK Symposium, 21-22 October 1996, Netherlands. Ed.: J.F. Schreinemakers

Imprint

Würzburg : Ergon

Year

1996

Pages

S.35-50

Series

Advances in knowledge management; vol.1

Abstract

In contemporary practice it is widely asserted, that smart management of knowledge (KM) could be a new panacea for the ever-increasing market and environmental demands put an companies in order to become more flexible, leaming and innovative at the same time. Effective KM is becoming a strategic issue in innovative organizations. Traditionally, managers view knowledge as intangible: Being spread all over the company, it is predominantly hidden in all sorts of databases and in the tacit customs of their employees, and often of course it is securely and unattainable locked in their heads. Often managers have asked themselves difficult questions like: "How to manage something you can't see?" and "How do I know whether it is worth the effort?". Although KM as an issue can hardly be evaded nowadays, design-oriented research an how to come to grips with managing the company's intellectual capacities is still very limited. Action research, showing how KM is dealt with in actual practice, is lacking. Our contribution to the conference is straightforward. We wart to discuss the preliminary results of an action-research project that is currently carried out in a large Dutch bank. Our paper supports the ISMICK conference theme an the organization dimension of KM. Based an the literature an innovation, organizational learning and socio-technical systems design, a number of in-depth interviews were held to determine the possible contribution of KM to increase the controllability and flexibility of the automation department. A qualitative analysis of the data Show that over half of the problems (i.e. poor knowledge about the distinctive systems in the organization, insufficient skills levels, unproductive redundancy of activities, 'islands' of knowledge, and recurring mistakes) could be attributed to the company's inability to successfully manage its intellectual capital. Further analysis of the data showed, that the organizational structure and the maturity of the organization - in terms of Bolwijn & Kumpe (1991) - proved to be the dominant factor in determining the KM approach that would fit the organization. In order to lift the rigidities that resulted from the stock of systems to be maintained and from its bureaucratic structure, several suggestions were made in an attempt to solve the problems mentioned. Those suggestions have been discussed with stakeholders in the organization to increase their fitness for implementation. To improve KM in this organization asks for a multifocus renewal effort. Several approaches are distinguished (i.e. competence centers; dedicated career paths; cluster organization; knowledge infrastructure), each focused an a particular knowledge management problem. These proposals form a design oriented research agenda for the study at hand, while at the same time take the explicit aim to foster implementation in close collaboration with the main stakeholders.

Theme

Information Resources Management

Location

NL

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