Nimble knowledge transfer in high velocity/turbulent environments

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 774-788

  Jones, Nory B ^a   Mahon, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business analysis; Environment; Knowledge; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Organizational processes; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866161767     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271211262808     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Argenti, P., Howell, R.A. and Beck, K. (2005), "The strategic communication imperative" in Sloan Management Review, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 82-9.
2. Bourgeois, L.J. and Eisenhardt, K.M. (1988), "Strategic decision processes in high velocity environments: four cases: I the microcomputer industry" in Management Science, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 816-35.
3. Chen, E.L., Katila, R., McDonald, R. and Eisenhardt, K.M. (2010), "Life in the fast lane: origins of competitive interaction in new vs established markets" in Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 31, No. 13, pp. 1527-47.
4. Chen, P., Pollard, D. and Puriveth, P. (2011), "Implementing knowledge management" in Journal of Business and Economics Research, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 7-15.
5. Chua, A. (2007), "A tale of two hurricanes: comparing Katrina and Rita through a knowledge management perspective" in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 58, No. 10, pp. 1518-28.
6. Darling, M., Parry, C. and Moore, J. (2005), "Learning in the thick of it" in Harvard Business Review, July-August, pp. 2-10.
7. de-Alwis-Seidler, R. and Hartmann, E. (2008), "The use of tacit knowledge within innovative companies: knowledge management in innovative enterprises" in Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 133-47.
8. Dess, G. and Beard, D. (1984), "Dimensions of organizational task environments" in Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 29, pp. 52-73.
9. Donate, M. and Guadamillas, F. (2010), "The effect of organizational culture on knowledge management practices and innovation" in Knowledge & Process Management, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 82-94.
10. Eisenhardt, K.M. (1989), "Making fast strategic decisions in high-velocity environments" in Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 543-76.
11. Eisenhardt, K.M. and Bourgeois, L.J. (1988), "Politics of strategic decision making in high-velocity environments: toward a midrange theory" in Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 737-70.
12. Emelo, R. (2009), "The future of knowledge management" in Chief Learning Officer, May, pp. 44-7.
13. Emery, F.E. and Trist, E. (1965), "Causal texture of organizational environments" in Human Relations, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 21-32.
14. Erhardt, N. (2011), "Is it all about teamwork? Understanding processes in team-based knowledge work" in Management Learning, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 87-112.
15. GAO Report to Congress (2011), "Army and marine corps training; metrics needed to assess initiatives on training management skills", available at: www.gao.gov/new.items/d11673.pdf (accessed 10 December 2011).
16. Groysberg, B., Hill, A. and Johnson, T. (2010), "Which of these people is your future CEO?" in Harvard Business Review, pp. 16-20.
17. Guardian (2010), "BP oil spill timeline", available at: www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/29/bp-oil-spill-timeline-deepwater-horizon (accessed 22 September 2011).
18. Hofstede, G., Neuijen, B., Daval Ohayv, D. and Sanders, G. (1990), "Measuring organizational cultures: a qualitative and quantitative study across twenty cases" in Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 286-316.
19. Kikoski, C.K. and Kikoski, J.F. (2004), The Inquiring Organization: Tacit Knowledge, Conversation, and Knowledge Creation Skills for 21st-Century Organizations, Praeger, Westport, CT, and London.
20. Lamont, J. (2010), "KM past and future: closing the knowledge loop" in KM World, January 8-9, pp. 19-20.
21. Lowell, B. (2009), "Dynamic management: better decisions in uncertain times", McKinsey Quarterly, December, available at: www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Dynamic_management_Better_decisions_in_uncertain_times_2475 (accessed 15 October 2011).
22. Macallister, T. (2010), "Tony Hayward: public saw us as 'fumbling and incompetent'" in The Guardian, 11 November, p. 30.
23. Malhotra, Y. (2005), "Integrating knowledge management technologies in organizational business processes: getting real time enterprises to deliver real business performance" in Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 7-28.
24. Nag, R. and Gioia, D.A. (2012), "From common to uncommon knowledge: foundations of firm-specific use of knowledge as a resource", Academy of Management Journal, forthcoming.
25. Nonaka, I., Toyama, R. and Konno, N. (2000), "SECI, BA and leadership: a unified model of dynamic knowledge creation" in Long Range Planning, Vol. 33, pp. 4-34.
26. Nunamaker, J., Weber, E.S. and Chen, M. (1989), "Organizational crisis management systems: planning for intelligent action" in Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 7-32.
27. Polanyi, M. (1966), The Tacit Dimension, Doubleday, Garden City, NY, Library of Congress Catalog Number 06-21015.
28. Smith-Easterby, M., Lyles, M.A. and Tsang, E.W. (2008), "Knowledge transfer: current themes and future prospects" in Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 677-90.
29. Terreberry, S. (1968), "The evolution of organizational environments" in Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 590-613.
30. Wang, W. and Belardo, S. (2005), "Strategic integration: a knowledge management approach to crisis management" in Proceedings of the 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 1-11.
31. Webb, T. (2010), "Wiki Leaks cables: BP suffered blowout on Azerbaijan platform" in The Guardian, 16 December, p. 6.
32. Weick, K.E., Sutcliffe, K.M. and Obstfeld, D. (1999), "Organizing for high reliability: processes of collective mindfulness" in Sutton, R.S. and Staw, B.M. (Eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior, Vol. 1, JAI Press, Greenwich, CT, pp. 81-123.
33. Weiss, J., Donagan, A. and Hughs, J. (2010), "Extreme negotiations: lessons from successful military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq", Leadership Lessons from the Military, November.
34. Zheng, W., Yang, B. and McLean, G.N. (2010), "Linking organizational culture, strategy and organizational effectiveness: mediating role of knowledge management" in Journal of Business Research, Vol. 63, No. 7, pp. 763-71.
35. Argenti, P. (2002), "Crisis communication: lessons from 9/11" in Harvard Business Review, December, pp. 3-8.
36. Bonabeau, E. (2007), "Understanding and managing complexity risk" in Sloan Management Review, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 62-70.
37. Borison, A. and Hamm, G. (2010), "How to manage risk (after risk management has failed)" in Sloan Management Review, Vol. 52, pp. 51-7.
38. Bruijn, H. (2003), "Output steering in public organizations: about the use of a product approach and a process approach" in Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 303-12.
39. Bungay, S. (2011), "How to make the most of your company's strategy" in Harvard Business Review, January-February, pp. 1-10.
40. Christie, A. (1934), Murder on the Orient Express, William Morrow Paperbacks, New York, NY.
41. Claeys, A., Cauberghel, V. and Vyncke, P. (2010), "Restoring reputations in times of crisis: an experimental study of the situational communication theory and the moderating effects of locus of control" in Public Relations Review, Vol. 36, pp. 256-62.
42. Harvard Business Review (2010), "Leadership lessons from the military", Harvard Business Review, Prod. no. BR1011-MAG-ENG.
43. Heifetz, R., Gashow, A. and Linsky, M. (2009), "Leadership in a (permanent) crisis" in Harvard Business Review, July-August, pp. 2-10.
44. Lee, J. and Kim, Y. (2001), "A stage model of organizational knowledge management: a latent content analysis" in Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 20, pp. 299-311.
45. Schaffer, R. (2010), "Four mistakes leaders keep making" in Harvard Business Review, pp. 2-6.
46. Taleb, N., Goldstein, D. and Spitznagel, M. (2009), "The six mistakes executives make in risk management" in Harvard Business Review, October, pp. 1-4.
47. Thiessen, A. and Ingenhoff, D. (2011), "Safeguarding reputation through strategic, integrated and situational crisis communication management: development of the integrative model of crisis communication" in Corporate Communications: An International Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 8-26.
48. Weeks, M. (2007), "Organizing for disaster: lessons from the military" in Business Horizons, Vol. 50, pp. 479-89.