Wikis have their seeds in the easy collaborative editing and maintenance of web pages. This was picked up by tremendously successful public projects such as the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Creating, modifying and maintaining of wiki articles implies social structures and dependencies between wiki authors and wiki articles themselves. The general challenge of this work is to consider these structures as dynamic evolving networks and to point out prominent behaviors in large wiki-based networks. We present an environment capable of handling data management, measurement and visualization issues for the dynamic network analysis of publicly available wiki data.
To obtain competitive advantage in Europe, it is crucial for small and medium sized enterprises (SME) to utilise knowledge efficiently and to enhance their innovation potential. Several national approaches of managing Intellectual Capital exist, but there is no European wide consensus or any empirical validity regarding managing Intellectual Capital. The different approaches have to be brought together and a suitable method for SME with minimum standards on the European level has to be developed. This paper shows existing approaches on measuring Intellectual Capital as well as the necessity of a European approach and the potential impact of an Intellectual Capital Statement (ICS) on the European level.
Organizations can be defined as knowledge-based systems with the objective to influence all knowledge processes. Defining and measuring the knowledge value of the company are key strategic concerns in contemporary companies. First, this paper discusses the basic knowledge measurement approaches. During the process of knowledge identification the interviewing method is a commonly used tool. The paper portrays the impact of the interviewer bias to the quality of knowledge measurement processes. The refection theory is the basic framework to measure interviewer bias associated with the knowledge measurement processes. Six case studies conducted by the author form the data bases for presenting improvement implications of the interviewer bias to knowledge measurement.
Methodological Requirements and an Illustrative Example
Few studies attempt to measure organisational learning. Measurement is critical to evaluate relationships between initiatives to support learning and organisational performance. This paper proposes a theory-based tool kit for measurement of organisational learning. By tool kit we mean a collection of methods that each captures elements of the term ‘organisational learning’. The paper clarifies the term and discusses requirements of theories and methods to be included in the tool kit. Some examples of theories with methods are given. Emphasis is placed on Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory with the accompanying Role Construct Repertory Test to illustrate methodological requirements.