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- Henfridsson, Ola, et al.
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Barriers to learning: on organizational defenses and vicious circles in technological adaptation
- 2000
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Ingår i: Accounting, Management and Information Technologies. - 0959-8022. ; 10:1, s. 33-52
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- On the basis of an interpretive case study, the authors explore the learning implications of introducing First Class in a social services department. The investigated case illustrates how learning efforts easily result in ''vicious circles''; the more learning is sought after, the more solid are the barriers to learning. In this case, the existence of certain organizational virtues - the learning organization and the notion of the professional social worker - were observed to have negative learning implications. Paradoxically, at the espoused level, these two virtues can be understood as healthy signs, although their existence as only virtues makes them basically opposed to learning. The results of this study contribute to existing theory about discontinuity in technological adaptation.
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- Henfridsson, Ola, et al.
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Developing E-commerce in Internetworked Organizations : A Case of Customer Involvement Throughout the Computer Gaming Value Chain
- 2002
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Ingår i: Data Base for Advances in Information Systems. - : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). - 0095-0033. ; 33:4, s. 38-50
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many computer game developers have adopted network technologies for value-adding purposes at several stages of the corporate value chain. In this paper, we suggest that this adoption extends the current notion of developing e-commerce by including ongoing interaction with the consumers concerning what is being produced. On the basis of an interpretive case study, this paper outlines the process by which a Swedish computer game developer involved its customers in producing, testing, distributing, and marketing its online computer game Clusterball. Using Orlikowski's (1999) notion of ”internetworked organizations”, the paper explores how this customer involvement was supported by the use of network technologies at every stage of the value chain, and it illustrates how this involvement can be understood as an important feature of future development of e- commerce in organizations.
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- Lindgren, Rikard, et al.
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Design principles for competence management systems : A synthesis of an action research study
- 2004
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Ingår i: Management Information Systems Quarterly. - : University of Minnesota, MIS Research Center. - 0276-7783 .- 2162-9730. ; 28:3, s. 435-472
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Even though the literature on competence in organizations recognizes the need to align organization level core competence with individual level job competence, it does not consider the role of information technology in managing competence across the macro and micro levels. To address this shortcoming, we embarked on an action research study that develops and tests design principles for competence management systems. This research develops an integrative model of competence that not only outlines the interaction between organizational and individual level competence and the role of technology in this process, but also incorporates a typology of competence (competence-in-stock, competence-in-use, and competence-in-the-making). Six Swedish organizations participated in our research project, which took 30 months and consisted of two action research cycles involving numerous data collection strategies and interventions such as prototypes. In addition to developing a set of design principles and considering their implications for both research and practice, this article includes a self-assessment of the study by evaluating it according to the criteria for canonical action research.
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- Lindgren, Rikard, et al.
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Using Competence Systems : Adoption Barriers and Design Suggestions
- 2002
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Ingår i: Journal of Information & Knowledge Management. - : World Scientific Publishing. - 0219-6492 .- 1793-6926. ; 1:1, s. 65-77
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper examines barriers to adopting competence systems in knowledge work practice. On the basis of a technology review and a user site investigation, the paper relates the technical features of the investigated competence systems to the adoption barriers identified in six user organizations. The multiple-case study shows that the competence systems can be described as merely traditional personnel administration systems complemented by features that passively archive formalized descriptions of competencies. Building on this observation, the general objective of the paper is to provide design suggestions that facilitate successful integration of competence systems in organizations. The main conclusion of this paper is that competence systems need to have features conveying a technology spirit more in line with the knowledge work practice found in organizations. By researching competence systems and their features specifically, this paper contributes technology-specific knowledge within the area of knowledge management systems.
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