Knowledge Sharing Strategies for Project Knowledge Management in the Automotive Sector

Project Knowledge Management is regarded as a field of increasing importance for both researchers and organizations. This led Volvo Technology, the innovation business unit within a Swedish automotive multinational corporation, to explore through a qualitative case study how Project Knowledge Management could be improved to support knowledge sharing between projects within the organization. The current situation of Project Knowledge Management is described through a developed theoretical framework and with input from thirteen semi-structured interviews conducted and analyzed in an iterative fashion. The description shows that the contributor employs the codification strategy to share knowledge with other projects while the receiver adapts a personalization strategy to retrieve knowledge from other projects. This description was analyzed and compared with current research through brainstorming. Since there are current initiatives within the organization to improve the codification strategy, this research focuses on improving the personalization strategy. The recommendation was to promote Communities of Practice. Six semi-structured interviews were conducted to evaluate the relevance of the recommendations. The recommendation was found to be relevant for improving Project Knowledge Management within Volvo Technology.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.03.018
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813004473
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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/18770428
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Johansson, Therese
  • Moehler, Robert C
  • Vahidi, Ramesh
• Conference:
  • 26th IPMA (International Project Management Association) World Congress
  • Location: Crete, Greece
  • Date: 2012-10-29 to 2012-10-31
• Publication Date: 2013-3-29

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 295-304
• Serial:
  • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-0428
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Information dissemination; Knowledge; Motor vehicle industry; Project management
• Identifier Terms: Volvo Group
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01492288
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 2013 12:39PM