Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Developing and
Sustaining a Knowledge
Culture
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Introduction
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Organizational Cultures (1/2)
3
Organizational Cultures (2/2)
4
Effective Knowledge Cultures (1/2)
5
Effective Knowledge Cultures (2/2)
6
Knowledge culture enablers (1/4)
Core values
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Interaction
• Innovation
• Adaptation
• Learning orientation
• Trust
• Sharing and valuing of knowledge
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Knowledge culture enablers (2/4)
Structural support
• Organizational structure
• Transparent decision making
• Information access
• Problem solving
• Communication channels
• Human resource management
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Knowledge culture enablers (3/4)
Enacted Values
• Models
• Leaders
• Opportunities to collaborate
• Encouragement to collaborate
9
Knowledge culture enablers (4/4)
10
Reviewing the Existing Knowledge
Culture (1/6)
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Reviewing the Existing Knowledge
Culture (2/6)
• Diagnostic focuses:
– Organizational context
– Key people
– Knowledge philosophy
– Knowledge definition
– Knowledge sharing
– Knowledge cohesion
– Knowledge conflict
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Reviewing the Existing Knowledge
Culture (4/6)
Organizational Level
Cultural evidence Diagnostic approaches
Values Surveys
Philosophy Comparisons
Structure Trends analysis
Messages benchmarking
Systems
Reviewing the Existing Knowledge
Culture (5/6)
Group Level
Cultural evidence Diagnostic approaches
Knowledge sharing Case studies
Values Focus groups
Experiences Action research
Knowledge sources Observation
Conflict Comparative outcomes
Competition
Collaboration
Reviewing the Existing Knowledge
Culture (6/6)
Individual level
Cultural evidence Diagnostic approaches
Stories Case histories
Values Interviews
Priorities Observation
Experiences
Knowledge sharing
practices
Planning for Knowledge Culture
Enhancement (1/2)
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Implementing Knowledge Culture
Enhancement Programs
19
Concluding Points
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Today’s focus questions:
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