Skip to main content

How to Transfer a Knowledge Management Approach to an Organization – A Set of Patterns and Anti-patterns

  • Conference paper
Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management (PAKM 2006)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 4333))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

The succesful implementation of a knowledge management approach in an organization is inherently difficult and risky. This paper presents, in the form of organizational patterns some concrete advice that will improve the possibilities of a knowledge management initiative to survive the implementation phase. The sources of the advice are a number of case studies that were carried out in private and public organizations.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S., Silverstein, M., Jacobson, M., Fiksdahl-King, I., Angel, S.: A Pattern Language. Oxford University Press, New York (1977)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Brown, W.J., Malveau, R.C., McCormick III, R.C., Mowbray, T.J.: AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (1998)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Busch, P., Richards, D.: Tacit knowledge and culture. In: The Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM 2004), Singapore, December 13-15 (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  4. Chua, A., Lam, W.: Why KM projects fail: a multi-case analysis. Journal of Knowledge Management 9(3), 6–17 (2005)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Coplien, J., Schmidt, D. (eds.): Pattern Languages of Program Design. Addison Wesley, Reading (1995)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Davenport, T.H., Prusak, L.: Working Knowledge. Harvard Business School Press, Boston (1998)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Fowler, M.: Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models. Addison-Wesley, Reading (1997)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Gamma, E., Helm, R., Johnson, R., Vlissides, J.: Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Addison Wesley, Reading (1995)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Long, J.: Software Reuse Antipatterns. Software Engineering Notes 26(4) (2001) ACM SIGSOFT

    Google Scholar 

  10. Nonaka, I., Takeuchi, H.: The Knowledge-Creating Company. Oxford University Press, Oxford (1995)

    Google Scholar 

  11. O’Dell, C., Grayson Jr, J., Essaides, N.: If only we knew what we know: the transfer of internal knowledge and best practice. The Free Press (1998) ISBN 0-684-84474-5

    Google Scholar 

  12. Persson, A., Stirna, J.: Creating an Organisational Memory Through Integration of Enterprise Modelling, Patterns and Hypermedia: The HyperKnowledge Approach. In: Kirikova, et al. (eds.) Information Systems Development – Advances in Methodologies, Components and Management, pp. 181–192. Kluwer Academic, New York (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Persson, A., Stirna, J.: The EKP approach to building organisational memories – experiences from two EU projects. In: Eder, J., Missikoff, M. (eds.) CAiSE 2003. LNCS, vol. 2681, pp. 185–188. Springer, Heidelberg (2003)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Persson, A., Stirna, J., Dulle, H., Hatzenbichler, G., Strutz, G.: Introducing a Pattern Based Knowledge Management Approach - the Verbundplan Case. In: The 4th International Workshop on Theory and Applications of Knowledge Management (TAKMA 2003), Prague, Czech Republic (September 2003)

    Google Scholar 

  15. Prekas, N., Loucopoulos, P., Rolland, C., Grosz, G., Semmak, F., Brash, D.: Developing patterns as a mechanism for assisting the management of knowledge in the context of conducting organisational change. In: Bench-Capon, T.J.M., Soda, G., Tjoa, A.M. (eds.) DEXA 1999. LNCS, vol. 1677, pp. 110–122. Springer, Heidelberg (1999)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  16. Rolland, C., Stirna, J., Prekas, N., Loucopoulos, P., Persson, A., Grosz, G.: Evaluating a Pattern Approach as an Aid for the Development of Organisational Knowledge: An Empirical Study. In: Wangler, B., Bergman, L.D. (eds.) CAiSE 2000. LNCS, vol. 1789, pp. 176–191. Springer, Heidelberg (2000)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  17. Sandelands, E.: Learning organizations: a review of the literature relating to strategies, building blocks and barriers. Management Literature in Review 1 (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  18. Stirna, J., Persson, A., Kaindl, H.: Evaluation of the trial applications, project deliverable IST project 2000-28401, Hypermedia and Pattern Based Knowledge Management for Smart Organisations (HyperKnowledge) (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  19. Stirna, J., Persson, A., Aggestam, L.: Building Knowledge Repositories with Enterprise Modelling and Patterns - from Theory to Practice. In: Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Information Systems, Gothenburg, Sweden (June 2006)

    Google Scholar 

  20. Sun Yih-Tong, P., Scot, J.L.: An investigation of barriers to knowledge transfer. Journal of Management 9(2), 75–90 (2005)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2006 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Persson, A., Stirna, J. (2006). How to Transfer a Knowledge Management Approach to an Organization – A Set of Patterns and Anti-patterns. In: Reimer, U., Karagiannis, D. (eds) Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management. PAKM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4333. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11944935_22

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11944935_22

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-49998-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-49999-2

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics