The Dissemination of Knowledge Management
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Our study on a community of knowledge management (KM) practitioners in the aerospace industry reveals challenges in the dissemination of KM concepts and tools. In this paper, we identify four reasons: (1) disparity of the community's stated purpose and the actual motives of its members; (2) multidisciplinary nature of KM; (3) unique characteristics of the aerospace industry and its engineering culture and (4) adoption of preferred or recommended solutions provided by chosen reference groups rather than a grounded approach. In particular, we address the issues in promoting recommended ideas and tools by chosen reference groups in work organizations without fully understanding work practices.
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knowledge management, diffusion, work practice, reference groups, aerospace industry, communities of practice
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- Liana Razmerita, Kathrin Kirchner (2011): How wikis can be used to manage knowledge in SMEs, In: Business Information Review 3(28), doi:10.1177/0266382111420354