The Knowledge in Crisis Conference (KiC Conference), organized by the “Knowledge in Crisis” Cluster of Excellence (KiC), aims to showcase cutting edge work on knowledge: its nature and norms as well as its social and political dimensions. We want to foster exchange between different approaches to knowledge and the crisis it finds itself in. At
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Power-influence for the Knowledge Leader
Abstract: Knowledge management (KM) has been found to be a critical success factor for organizational performance. However, most organizations are found to be purely focused on the technological perspectives of KM initiatives at the expense of people perspective. They fail to realize that the success of any KM system relies upon the acceptance and
Community of knowledge management practitioners in the aerospace industry
Abstract: In our previous study, we focused on two spaces: a community of knowledge management (KM) practitioners and their respective work organizations. We found that the “community” largely existed to legitimize KM practices, rather than to learn KM practices. Our current study builds upon this work by uncovering how in fact power relationships in