Non-disruptive knowledge and business processing in knowledge life cycles – Aligning value network analysis to process management

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 651-686

  Stary, Christian ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Change management; Concept mapping; Integrated knowledge and business processing; Knowledge life cycle; Organizational design; Organizational learning; Single double deutero learning; Stakeholder articulation; Subject oriented business process management; Value networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927510900     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-10-2013-0377     Document Type: Article

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