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    Supporting Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning in Multinational Coorporations

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    Authors
    Travis, Julie
    Venable, John
    Date
    1998
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Travis, Julie and Venable, John. 1998. Supporting Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning in Multinational Coorporations, MIS - Shaped or Misshaped, Emerging Issues in the New Global Arena, in Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.7 Working Conference, 13 Dec 1998, pp. 147-161. Helsinki, Finland: Turku Centre for Computer Sciece.
    Source Title
    MIS - Shaped or Misshaped. Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.7 Working Conference
    Source Conference
    MIS - Shaped or Misshaped, Emerging Issues in the New Global Arena. Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.7 Working Conference
    Faculty
    Curtin Business School
    School of Information Systems
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12503
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Management of Organisational Learning and Knowledge is a complex and difficult task. Doing so within the context of a multinational corporation presents even more difficulties. Like many large organisations, most multinational organisations are highly distributed. This presents problems in terms of the inability to get groups of people together for group activities concerning knowledge management and organisational learning. The highly distributed organisation also presents difficulties in disseminating knowledge from one part of an organisation to other parts. Multinational organisations also commonly contain a variety of different cultures. The cultural differences can occur at a number of different levels, between individuals, between the individual and the organisational unit, between different organisational units, and between countries. In this paper, we propose a number of ways of addressing these difficulties for facilitating knowledge management and organisational learning in the multinational organisation, including the use of adaptable systems thinking approaches, group support systems, and digital library technologies. In particular, we propose using these technologies in combination as a way of addressing the twin difficulties of the highly distributed and culturally differentiated organisations that multinational organisations often are.

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