Treffer: Innovating by accessing knowledge across departments

Title:
Innovating by accessing knowledge across departments
Source:
Decision support systems. 43(4):1684-1691
Publisher Information:
Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2007.
Publication Year:
2007
Physical Description:
print, 28 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Konferenz Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
School of Information, University of Michigan 1085 South University Ave. 303A West Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, United States
Marshall School of Business University of Southern California, Information and Operations Department Bridge Hall 401, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0809, United States
ISSN:
0167-9236
Rights:
Copyright 2007 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
Sauf mention contraire ci-dessus, le contenu de cette notice bibliographique peut être utilisé dans le cadre d’une licence CC BY 4.0 Inist-CNRS / Unless otherwise stated above, the content of this bibliographic record may be used under a CC BY 4.0 licence by Inist-CNRS / A menos que se haya señalado antes, el contenido de este registro bibliográfico puede ser utilizado al amparo de una licencia CC BY 4.0 Inist-CNRS
Notes:
Computer science; theoretical automation; systems
Accession Number:
edscal.19022030
Database:
PASCAL Archive

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It is widely believed that individuals are more likely to be innovative if they are exposed to different perspectives and domains. While it is purported that knowledge management systems can help, they have generally failed to do so, because there are significant thought world barriers associated with the different perspectives and domains that individuals have to overcome. Using the theory of thought worlds as a theoretical lens, we examined how innovative engineers successfully accessed knowledge from other functional departments. We found that the way they accessed the knowledge had implications for designing knowledge management technology specifically focused on fostering innovation.