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Managing know-how / Deishin Lee in Management science, Vol. 56 N° 2 (Fevrier 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 2 (Fevrier 2010) . - pp. 270-285 Titre : Managing know-how Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Deishin Lee, Auteur ; Eric Van den Steen, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 270-285 Note générale : Management Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Knowledge  management  Know-how  Competency  trap  Best  practice Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : We study how firms can use a knowledge management system to optimally leverage employee-generated know-how. In particular, we consider the following practical strategic questions for the manager of a knowledge-intensive firm: Should her firm develop a formal knowledge system? And if so, how should it be managed, particularly in terms of what information to record? We find that firms benefit more from a knowledge system when they are larger, face the same issues more frequently, have higher turnover, and face problems about which there is less general knowledge. In terms of what information to record, a key insight is that recording moderately successful practices can be counterproductive, because doing so may inefficiently reduce employees' incentives to experiment. This “strong-form competency trap” forces firms into an exploration–exploitation trade-off. Firms that value a knowledge system most should also be most selective in recording information. We further find that recording successes is more valuable than recording failures, which supports firms' focus on best practice. Beyond these main principles, we also show that it may be optimal to disseminate know-how on a plant level but not on a firm level, and that recording backup solutions is most valuable at medium levels of environmental change. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/2.toc [article] Managing know-how [texte imprimé] / Deishin Lee, Auteur ; Eric Van den Steen, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 270-285. Management Langues : Anglais (eng) in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 2 (Fevrier 2010) . - pp. 270-285 Mots-clés : Knowledge  management  Know-how  Competency  trap  Best  practice Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : We study how firms can use a knowledge management system to optimally leverage employee-generated know-how. In particular, we consider the following practical strategic questions for the manager of a knowledge-intensive firm: Should her firm develop a formal knowledge system? And if so, how should it be managed, particularly in terms of what information to record? We find that firms benefit more from a knowledge system when they are larger, face the same issues more frequently, have higher turnover, and face problems about which there is less general knowledge. In terms of what information to record, a key insight is that recording moderately successful practices can be counterproductive, because doing so may inefficiently reduce employees' incentives to experiment. This “strong-form competency trap” forces firms into an exploration–exploitation trade-off. Firms that value a knowledge system most should also be most selective in recording information. We further find that recording successes is more valuable than recording failures, which supports firms' focus on best practice. Beyond these main principles, we also show that it may be optimal to disseminate know-how on a plant level but not on a firm level, and that recording backup solutions is most valuable at medium levels of environmental change. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/2.toc