SEMINAR

Beyond Knowledge Management

By
Professor Ray Hackney
Chair in Business Systems
Brunel University Business School, UK

4 pm Wednesday March 26, 2008
Room 108.17.91

Abstract

There is a paucity of theory for the effective management of knowledge transfer within large multi-national corporations. Practitioners continue to rely upon ‘experimental’ approaches to address the problem. This research attempts to reduce the gap between theory and application, thereby improving conceptual clarity for the transfer and management of knowledge. The investigation was undertaken, within a pharmaceutical company, through the adoption of a robust methodological approach incorporating the role of technology as an enabler of knowledge management (KM) adoption. Consequently, the study addressed the important question of translating theoretical benefits of KM into practical reality – and beyond.

Presenter Bio

Professor Ray Hackney is Chair in Business Systems within the Business School at Brunel University, UK. He has contributed extensively to research in the field with publications in numerous national and international conferences and journals. He has taught and examined on a number of Doctoral and MBA programmes including Manchester Business School and the Open University. He led the organising committee for the annual BIT and BITWorld Conference series and is a member of the Strategic Management Society and Association of Information Systems. Professor Hackney has served on the Board of the UK Academy for Information Systems since 1997 and was also the Vice President Research for IRMA (USA). He is currently Associate Editor of the JGIM, JEUC, JLIM, ACITM, EJIS and case editor for IJIM. His research interests are the strategic management of information systems within a variety of organisational context, with an increasing speciality in government sectors and has he has contributed to a number of EPSRC and European funded research projects. Professor Hackney was President of the Information Resource Management Association (IRMA) during 2001/2002 and is now an Executive Member of the Information Institute (www.information-institute.org).

Finger food and drinks will be served after the seminar.

If you will attend, please reply by email to Barbara Macmull by Wednesday March 19 at: barbara.macmull@rmit.edu.au

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