Operational Research Society (The OR Society)*

Conferences

• 1st Knowledge and Information Management Conference (KIM2013), 4 – 5 June 2013, Birmingham, United Kingdom ¹⁾
  Conference Theme: Sustainable Quality
  (in conjunction with the Knowledge Management Research & Practice (KMRP) journal 10th Anniversary Celebration)

  Note: KIM2013 is announced as the OR Society’s inaugural Knowledge and Information Management conference; It builds on its spiritual predecessor, KMAC

  Plenary Session:
  Beyond Knowledge Management – Navigating Through Big Data: Making Smart Decisions Through Business Analytics
  Message Received and Understood?
  Practitioner insights: Realising sustainable benefits from planned change using collaboration, codification and technology

  Presentation Sessions’ Topics:
  Decision Making, Knowledge Management Frameworks, Knowledge Management Systems, Knowledge Maps, Knowledge Sharing, Leadership, Organisational Learning, Quality Management and Supply Chain Management

  Panel Discussions:
  10 Years of Knowledge Management Research & Practice (KMRP)

• Operational Research Conference (OR Annual)
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  2010: Information Systems and Knowledge Management Stream
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  2007: Knowledge Management stream
  2006: Knowledge Management stream
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  2004: Knowledge Management stream
  2003: Knowledge Management stream
  2002: Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital
  2001: Knowledge Management stream
  2000: Learning Organisation and Knowledge Management large triple stream
• Knowledge Management Aston Conference (KMAC)**
  (Co-Organizer: Knowledge Management Research Group, Aston University)

  The Knowledge Management Aston Conference (KMAC) considers the history, currency and future of Knowledge Management and aims to concentrate on the middle ground where theory, practice and support from computer software meet. It wants to achieve a balance between those three aspects as well as to meet the particular needs of both academic and practitioner attendees.

  • 3rd KMAC 2006, 17-18 July 2006, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Conference Theme: The History, Currency and Future of Knowledge Management
    Plenary Session:
    Social Networking: Connection versus Collection
    … (2 more)

    Presentations:
    Knowledge Management In Disguise? The Use Of Language To Achieve Buy-In From Organisations
    Knowledge and Competence Management in Depression Care
    Using Communities of Practice for Sustainable Change Management: A Commentar
    Building Knowledge Management Systems: A Proposal For A Reconsideration Of The Development Process
    The Social Dimensions Of Knowledge Codification: An Empirical Investigation Into How Codes Link Knowledge Within Communities Of Practice
    Building Knowledge Acquisition Tools Which Help In Knowledge Management Across The Organization And Help Them In Maximizing Their Benefits
    Knowledge Management Practices and Sustained Growth: The Case of Bend & Weld Ltd
    Knowledge Sharing: From Experiment To Application
    Exploring the Complexity of Knowledge Work for Knowledge Management
    Being Fully Informed, But Not Knowing What To Do
    The Flow of Communications in Prisoner Sentence Management
    Knowledge Management And Knowledge Systems: A Social Systems Perspective
    Exploring the Relationship between Organisational Elements and Knowledge Transfer Performance
    An Investigation of SMEs’ Inter-organisational Knowledge Transfer Needs in Internet Marketing
    Pausing For Thought: Knowledge Management Through Work ExperienceJ
    Learning Beyond The Edge: Issues Of Cooperation In Trans-Border Firms
    Addressing Emotional Tone In Retrieval And Browsing ApplicationsJ
    Copying Xerox: From War Stories To Case Study
    Methodology and Framework for Measurement of Knowledge Management Applications
    Facets Of Knowledge: A Morphological Approach
    Epistemetrics: Conceptual Domain And Metrics Of Knowledge Management
    A Technology Mining Tool for University Technology Transfer Offices
    Knowledge Management Strategy for Electronic Government – A Case Study of Local Authorities in Malaysia
    Knowledge Management Applied to Enterprise Risk Management: Country Knowledge
    Enhancing Critical System Thinking Into Knowledge Management: The Shift of Focus
    The Impact Of Knowledge Sharing On Decision Performance
    ICT-Based Knowledge Transfer
    Why Do People Share Knowledge Through Electronic Bases? Identification Of Barriers And Motivations And Proposition Of Model To Explain Knowledge Sharing Behaviour
    An Autopoietic Framework for Organisational Learning

  • 2nd KMAC 2003, 14-15 July 2003, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Conference Theme: The History, Currency and Future of Knowledge Management
    Plenary Session:
    Theory meets Practice; Opportunities meet Pitfalls: Whither Knowledge Management?
    A Knowledge Management Initiative is Unlikely to Succeed Without a Knowledge Audit
    Putting More Rigor into Knowledge Management

    Presentations:
    A Knowledge Sharing Culture
    Knowledge Sharing: Is Technology Important?
    Comparing Knowledge Management Between Organisations: Searching For Good Practice
    A Framework for Implementing Knowledge Management Portal
    Managing and Leveraging Knowledge for Organisational Advantage
    International Knowledge Management within Allianz Group
    Integrating Knowledge Flow- and Knowledge Stock-Measurement: Conceptual Steps Towards a Knowledge Audit
    Meanings of Knowledge
    Enhancing Collaboration in Claims Processing within the Australian Health Insurance Sector
    Knowledge Management as a methodology towards Intellectual Capital: A Road Map
    Tracing Knowledge Management from its Philosophical and Theoretical Roots
    Development of a Business Case Knowledge Management Framework for Rail Extension Projects
    New Wave of Knowledge Management: Social Capital Analysis
    “Are You Sitting Comfortably? Then I’ll Begin (…….To Transfer Some Knowledge?)” Narrative Approaches to the Transfer and Interpretation of Organisational Knowledge
    An Emerging New Intellectual Capital Paradigm
    Inter-organisational Knowledge Transfer Strategies
    Meta Models for Knowledge Management. Reference Architectures
    Knowledge Management Integrated Measurement
    Alternative Knowledge Management Development Approaches of SMEs
    Automated User Profile Generation for Knowledge Management Systems
    Will Traditions Continue or Are We into a New Ball Game? A Review of Trust and Learning in Global Alliances
    Knowledge Exchange within Small Teams; Some Preliminary Empirical Findings from Two Contrasting Environments
    Cross-Hierarchical Interconnectivity: Forms, Mechanisms, and Success Factors
    No Need To Reinvent The Wheel? Enhancing Knowledge Management Practice with Critical Systems Thinking
    Management Research into Practice: Exploring Knowledge Transfer and Utilization
    Problem Structuring Methods for Large Group Interventions
    The Development of a Framework for Assessing Organisational Readiness for Knowledge Management: the Results of a Systematic Review of the Literature
    The Implications of Outsourcing Practices for Knowledge Management
    What Is Strategic Knowledge Management Anyway?
    Sharing Notes: Amateur Musical Events from a Knowledge Management Perspective
    Operational Research Practice as Storytelling: Telling It Like It Could Be?
    Capturing Tacit and Explicit Knowledge in Evolving Knowledge Process
    A Strategy for a Knowledge Sharing Framework in OR Projects
    A Study of Various Characteristics Affecting Individual Knowledge Sharing Through Knowledge Management Systems
    Mapping Knowledge in Group
    Managing the Knowledge Infrastructure in Collaborative Networks: An Ontological Approach to Cross-Domain Communication

  • 1st KMAC 2000, 17–18 July 2000, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Conference Theme: Knowledge Management Beyond the Hype: Looking Towards the Millennium
    Plenary Session:
    Cynefin, a Sense of Time and Place: An Ecological Approach to Sense Making and Learning in Formal and Informal Communities
    Transferring Soft Knowledge: Suggested Solutions and Needed Studies
    Turning Knowledge into Value – Globally

    Presentations:
    Rally Racing: Knowledge and Learning Requirements for a Winning Team
    What’s New in Knowledge Management?
    Knowledge Transfer in Enterprises Using Publish-Subscribe Technology
    Representing and Integrating Knowledge in a Paper Machinery Project
    Knowledge Management Tools in Context
    Model Management for Knowledge Management: A Research Prospectus from an OR/MS Perspective
    Rapid Knowledge Construction and Dissemination: A Case Study in Corporate Contingency Planning Using Collaborative Hypermedia
    IT Outsourcing: A Challenge for the Management of Knowledge as a Resource
    Knowledge-based Decision Making Using System Dynamics
    Managing the Variability of Medical Care: Fostering Consensus, Benchmarking and Feedback The Case of Drug Prescription Patterns Among Belgian Home Practitioners
    Technological Capability-Accumulation Paths and the Underlying Learning Processes in the Late-Industrialising Context: Analytical Frameworks and Cross-Company Differences in Brazil
    Representing Knowledge
    Integrating Content in a Corporate R&D Environment
    Knowledge Management Perspectives, Organisational Character and Cognitive Style
    Practical Knowledge Management in the Legal Domain
    Winning Future Warfare: Knowledge Management’s Role for Competitive Advantage
    Intangibles and Competition: A Theoretical Approach from the Controller’s View – including two examples
    Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management: How Much Difference Can It Really Make?
    The Routine(s) of Knowledge Creation: Innovation Management in Mature Companies
    Knowledge Management and the Limits of IT
    Mobilising Tacit Knowledge
    Knowledge Features of Small Firms: Implications for Knowledge Management
    The Scope and Applications of Knowledge Management Research: An Integrated Approach
    Bridging the Cultural Functional Gap as a Way of Optimising Knowledge Management and Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage
    Developing and Validating Generic Knowledge: An Initial Experience Report
    Improving the Learning Ability of Groups in the Organisation
    The Role of Boundaries in Knowledge Processes
    Construct-IT: A Knowledge Network
    Physical Space – The Most Neglected Resource in Contemporary Knowledge Management?
    What Is Knowledge and May it Be Managed?
    Knowledge Management and Decision Support for Electrical Power Utilities
    Learning and Organisation in the Knowledge-Based Information Economy
    ‘Memories Are Made of This’: Explicating Organizational Memory

    Uplifting the Organisational Cradle in a Knowledge-Intensive Decentralised Company – The Apprenticeship System, Technological Innovation and New Learning Cultures
    Knowledge Management, Knowledge-Guiding Interests, and Modes of Action: Case Studies from Complex Products and Systems
    Barriers to Embedded Knowledge Transfer in an Anglo-Japanese Engineering Project
    Managing Formal and Informal Knowledge within the Organisation: Re-defining the Role of Information Specialists
    Corporate Memory Management: Structure, Processes, and Tools
    “Cultural Literacy”: Its Link to Business Success in Asia Pacific
    Making Sense of a New Dominant Logic and its Implications on Knowledge Management and Strategy Making: a Study of the Finnish Food Industry
    An Activity Framework for Managerial Sensemaking
    CSCW and Knowledge Management in Global Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures Using the Internet
    Knowledge Management in Practice
    Organisational Learning: A Critical Systems Thinking Discipline
    Economies of Knowledge Fusion: New Innovation-Based Competitive Advantage
    Knowledge Management in the Post Office
    Us and Them: the Case of the Knowledge Transfer in Transnational Firms

Training

• Knowledge Management course