Real knowledge may be different but I have been fascinated by how long old
habits and beliefs persist after top management removes the policy. I have
seen foreman still placing priority on parts per hour 10 years after the
wage incentives were removed. and other measures as well. Change is hard
unless there is a strong replacement in my experience.
This comment is probably not on target with your question but fascinating
to me.
Gene
At 06:30 PM 9/11/97 +1000, you wrote:
>My name is Henrik Togero and I am a researcher and consultant at SERC
>(software engineering research center) in Melbourne, Australia. Im
>particularly looking at problems like "knowledge loss" within the
>telecommunication/computer industry. With "knowledge loss" I mean the
>processes within a company that counteracts "learning".
>
>A hypothesis is that "knowledge" within this business has a half life of
>five years. I am trying to verify this and work out what are the
>organizational implications and also how to be proactive to minimize any
>critical loss. Reasons for losing vital knowledge might be turnover
>of knowledge workers but also poor procedures for knowledge storing,
>sharing and retrieving. Would be most grateful if anyone had any ideas
>about this.
>
>Henrik Togero <togero@serc.rmit.edu.au>
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