Knowledge‐based organizations in context
Abstract
Purpose
This article seeks to discuss a balanced and effective holistic knowledge management (KM) framework, which consists of four key domains postulated and validated in the late 1990s and 2000 as The George Washington University (GWU) four‐pillar KM framework: leadership, organization, technology, and learning.
Design/methodology/approach
The two conceptual organizational models of an “adaptive enterprise” and “agile enterprise” are briefly described, their utility challenged and a request launched for empirical findings documenting the organizational implementations and linkages to leadership, technology and learning with attendant performance results.
Findings
The twenty‐first century has surfaced the need for more flexible and responsive knowledge‐based organizational entities capable of rapidly adjusting to the increasing rate of change and demands in both products and services.
Originality/value
Provides an insight into the George Washington University four‐pillar KM framework.
Keywords
Citation
Calabrese, F.A. (2006), "Knowledge‐based organizations in context", VINE, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 12-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/03055720610667318
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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