Innovación y su relación con la gestión del conocimiento

 A strategic framework  Athough it has become a business truism that knowledge yields competitive advantage, nor all knowledge has strategic value. Therefore, it is imperative that managers use a practical framework to assess the role of knowledge in relation to strategy. In general, we suggest that the ultimate goal of all knowledge-related activity is to ensure above average industry profitability for a company, both in the short and long them. This is a bold proposition, however, since many advocates of the knowledge issue tiends to become the responsibility of human resources, information technology groups, or coporate, sometimes ir is only part of isolated knowledge-managemente initiatives located deep within variuos business units. In addition, most theorists with a few notable exceptions, pay little attention to an strategic view.  As a consequence, top management rarely focuses on the strategic role of knowledge or the importance of knowledge-creations initiatives...

The dimensions of care.  Being nice other people is generally a good idea; creating context that encourages cooperation, sharing, loyalty, and creativity sounds appealing. But you may still be wondering how care translates in a business setting. Even as a general term, care has been conceptualized in many ways by varius authors. Some suggest it cannot be broken down into finer detail (Heidegger, 1962); others believe it does have behavioral dimensions. In our view formulating such dimensions can help managers and others observe the extent to which organizational members show care for one another. Identifying these dimensions also makes it easier for management to systematically communicate the value of care throughout a ocmpany. To better convery what we mean by care in organizational knowledge creation, we delineate five dimensions here:  -Mutual trust  -Active empathy -Acces to help -Lenience in judgment Courage. The implications of these dimensions are discussed in the...