Essays about: "Organizational Memory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Organizational Memory.

1. 1. Knowledge Retention in Practice : How organizations avoid knowledge loss through proactive and reactive knowledge retention processes

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Alma Ahlrik; Hertha Kamras; [2023]
   Keywords : Knowledge management; knowledge retention; knowledge loss; tacit knowledge; explicit knowledge; organizational memory; knowledge spiral model; knowledge retention framework;

   Abstract : This thesis's purpose was to gain a deeper understanding of how organizations create knowledge retention (KR), both proactively (day-to-day basis) and reactively (when an employee decides to resign), to avoid knowledge loss. A qualitative multiple case study was conducted through semi-structured interviews, with eight respondents from eight different organizations. READ MORE

3. 2. Interorganizational learning through collaboration in the non-profit sector

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Sofie Klaver; Donna-Maria Maalouf; [2021]
   Keywords : non-profit organizations; interorganizational learning; interorganizational collaboration; knowledge management; organizational memory;

   Abstract : In 2015, Swedish Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) served as the backbone of society, assisting 162.877 immigrant refugees escaping conflict zones throughout the world. READ MORE

4. 3. Barriers to Crisis-induced Learning within a Public Agency : A process-tracing plausibility probe of obstacles to MSB:s learning from the forest fire in Västmanland 2014

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Louise Tegneborg; [2021]
   Keywords : Crisis; Crisis-induced learning; Organizational learning; Crisis management; Obstacles to organizational learning;

   Abstract : After the devastating forest fire in the Swedish region of Västmanland in 2014, numerous investigations and evaluations suggested measures to improve the Swedish crisis management and preparedness. Yet, after a new wave of severe forest fires in 2018, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) concluded that the lessons from 2014 had not been sufficiently implemented, since several issues reoccurred. READ MORE

5. 4. Deconstructing Organizational Learning : How knowledge is retained, reused and forgotten

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Oskar Finnström; Jakob Gustafson; [2020]
   Keywords : Organizational Learning; Organizational Unlearning; Organizational Memory; Organizational Forgetting; Organisatoriskt lärande; Organisatoriskt minne; Organisatoriskt glömmande;

   Abstract : This study set out with the purpose of gaining an understanding for how organizational learning occurs, and how the knowledge gained is retained, and perhaps forgotten. To this end a case study of a Swedish ski school was conducted. The top management team of the organization was interviewed, and data in the form of internal documents was gathered. READ MORE

6. 5. Organizational Politicking: An Empirical Study on its Application to Communication Practitioners

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Lisa Kenny; [2019]
   Keywords : Organizational Politics; Communication management; Tactics; Impression Management; Second-order management; Influence; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Organizational politicking (OP), otherwise known as workplace politics has for many decades been a deeply subverted topic in the management literature due to its widely negative credo. This study aims to investigate OP and its uncharted utilization within the communication profession drawing upon the empirical foundation of 15 qualitative in-depth interviews with communication practitioners in varying roles. READ MORE