Keywords
Knowledge management, documented knowledge, codified knowledge, knowledge transfer, knowledge creation
Abstract
Despite the volume, growth, and accessibility of documented knowledge – the insights and experiences stored on paper and in electronic form - management research has yet to demonstrate the same usefulness for documented knowledge as that found in knowledge residing in human sources. This dissertation explores two areas of potential for documented knowledge, suggesting the efficacy of a piece of documented knowledge is contingent not only on content, but upon the style and structure associated with that content. Style, how cognitively 'concrete' and affectively 'memorable' documented knowledge is perceived to be, is hypothesized to affect how much attention it draws and, in turn, to impact its transfer to users. Structure, reflecting the level of parsimony and modularity in documented knowledge, is hypothesized to impact attention to and manipulation of knowledge such that it affects knowledge transfer and creation. Hypotheses were tested in two laboratory studies using scientific research as an exemplar of documented knowledge. Results indicated that style was associated with documented knowledge, but was not related to its transfer. Likewise, structuring documented knowledge for greater parsimony and modularity did not improve knowledge transfer or knowledge creation. Shortcomings of the empirical tests are evaluated and possibilities for future improvements are discussed.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2013
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Ford, Cameron
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
College
College of Business Administration
Degree Program
Business Administration; Management
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0004717
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0004717
Language
English
Release Date
May 2016
Length of Campus-only Access
3 years
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
Subjects
Business Administration -- Dissertations, Academic, Dissertations, Academic -- Business Administration
STARS Citation
Mcmahon, Sean, "Knowledge Management: Style, Structure, And The Latent Potential Of Documented Knowledge" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2906.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/2906