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1 Knowledge Transfer: An Emerging Taxonomy Robert Parent Denis St-Jacques Julie Béliveau www.usherbrooke.ca/vers/ceot ASBBS Conference 2006 Las Vegas, Nevada
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Knowledge Transfer:An Emerging
Taxonomy
Robert ParentDenis St-Jacques
Julie Béliveau
www.usherbrooke.ca/vers/ceot
ASBBS Conference 2006Las Vegas, Nevada
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Presentation
• Knowledge Definition • Knowledge Transfer Concepts• Two Paradigms• Models To Learn About KT• Prescriptive vs Descriptive Models &
Literature• Multi-contexts Where KT Takes Place• Conclusion
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Knowledge
Explicit Tacit
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Introductory Concepts of Knowledge
Transfer
Prescriptive Literature
What needs to be done for KT to succeed?
Descriptive LiteratureWhat is required for
KT to occur?
Models to help us learn about Knowledge
Transfer Models generated by:
Practice (praxis)Reflection and Theory
Research
Multi-Contexts
Knowledge Transfer
Must do /how to
Pre-requisites
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Knowledge Transfer Concepts
Knowledge Management
Knowledge
Knowledge Transfer
OntologyEpistemologyTypology
Related conceptsITDatabases and Knowledge RepositoriesSocial CapitalIntellectual CapitalNetworks Communities of Practice
Schools of thought
Measures of the value of KT
Paradigms
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Paradigms
MAX (optimization) MAX (adaptation)
Positivist Paradigm Social Construction ParadigmTechnological Socio-organizationalSystems/Techno-centric People-centric (systems)Linear (mechanistic) Nonlinear (discontinuous)Explicit only Tacit and explicit knowledgeA contextual Highly contextualStatic (non-wicked environment) Dynamic (wicked environment)
Hazlett, McAdam and Galllagher, 2005
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KT Models
Conceptual ModelsTestedUntested
Practice - PraxisConsultationBest PracticesSuccess Stories
(e.g. Buckman labs)
ResearchSurveysCase StudiesGrounded TheoryNarrativesParticipant ObservationComparative StudiesQuantitative Analysis
Prescriptive Literature Descriptive Literature
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Prescriptive vs DescriptiveLiterature
Methods & Tools
Methodologies &
Approaches
Strategies Mechanisms
& (Best Practices)
Conditions / Factors
DynamicCapacities
Generic Specific Generic(e.g.
socialcapital)
Specific(e.g.trust)
Generative
Disseminative
Absorptive
Responsive / Adaptative
Needs Knowledge
Prescriptive Literature Descriptive Literature
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Multi-contexts
Intra-organizational Complex NetworksInter-organizational
Services
Teams
Strategic Alliances
Universities (Research Centers) and industries
Industrial Clusters
Clusters Others (OH&S, etc…)
Corporation Associations
Inter-sites Franchises Mergers / Acquisitions
Vertical Horizontal
Others
Others
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Methods & Tools
Methodolo-gies &
Approaches
StrategiesMechanisms
& Best Practices
Conditions / Factors
DynamicCapacities
Generic Specific Generic(e.g.
social capital)
Specific(e.g.trust)
Generative
Dissem
inative
Absorptive
Responsive /
Adaptive
Needs Knowledge
Knowledge
Knowledge Transfer
Knowledge Management
OntologyEpistemologyTypology
Related conceptsITDatabases and Knowledge RepositoriesSocial CapitalIntellectual CapitalNetworksCommunities of Practice
Schools of thought
Measures of the value of KT
Paradigms
Conceptual ModelsTestedUntested
Practice - PraxisConsultationBest PracticesSuccess Stories
(e.g. Buckman labs)
ResearchSurveysCase StudiesGrounded TheoryNarrativesParticipant ObservationComparative StudiesQuantitative Analysis
Prescriptive Literature Descriptive Literature
Corporations
Intra-organizational Complex NetworksInter-organizational
Services
Teams
Strategic Alliances
Universities
(research centres) and industries
Industrial Clusters
Clusters
Others (O
H&
S, etc…
)
Associations
Inter-sites Franchises Mergers / Acquisitions
Vertical Horizontal
Others
Others
Introductory Concepts of Knowledge
Transfer
Prescriptive Literature
What needs to be done for KT to succeed?
Descriptive Literature
What is required for KT to occur?
Models to help us learn about Knowledge
Transfer Models generated by:
Practice (praxis)Reflection and TheoryResearch
Multi-Contexts
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This taxonomy provides:
A means to navigate
uncharted waters
A means to a variety of KT perspectives
To help contribute to its enrichment, refinement please contact:
A roadway to understanding
knowledge transfer
