Contextualizing knowledge sharing strategy : the case of an international organization in the area of development assistance

Thierno Tounkara (1, 2) , Pierre-Emmanuel Arduin (3)

1 IMT-BS - DSI - Département Systèmes d'Information
2 LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363)
3 DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management

This paper proposes an operational evaluation grid which helps Organizations to determine the perception employees have about the degree of alignment between their Information System (IS) supporting knowledge sharing and different organizational culture contexts. Relying on this perception, Organizations can: (1) analyze barriers to a successful use of information system functionalities for greater efficiency of knowledge sharing and (2) identify appropriate IS functionalities they should invest on to increase the dynamic of knowledge sharing. A case study illustrates the use of our evaluation grid and the implications of this work are finally discussed at the end of this paper.

Mots clés: Information system; Knowledge sharing; Organizational culture; Strategic alignment; Knowledge management

Domaines: Gestion et management

Thierno Tounkara, Pierre-Emmanuel Arduin. Contextualizing knowledge sharing strategy : the case of an international organization in the area of development assistance. ECKM 2015 : 16th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Sep 2015, Udine, Italy. pp.780-789. ⟨hal-01229876⟩