Managing resource learning in distributed organisations with the organisational capability approach

Philippe Rauffet (1) , Catherine Da Cunha (2) , Alain Bernard (2)

1 Lab-STICC_UBS_CID_IHSEV
2 IRCCyN - Institut de Recherche en Communications et en Cybernétique de Nantes

Organisational capability management is a recent approach; it enables global and coordinated management of resources and facilitates future synergies within extended organisations. This paper provides a state of the art of organisational capability approach and proposes a management framework. On the one hand, an overview of the theoretical principles and the practical solutions, especially methods for standardising and transferring firms' good practices, points out the limits of their sustainable functioning. On the other hand, the framework manages organisational capabilities by following the theoretical principles and overcoming identified barriers. This proposition is structured around three kinds of processes: primary (design and transfer), support (assessment and enhancement) and management (coordination and alignment).

Mots clés: knowledge management; learning systems; good practice transfer; standardisation methods; resource management; resource learning; distributed organisations; organisational capability management; organisational learning.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Modélisation et simulation; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Gestion et management; Psychologie

Philippe Rauffet, Catherine Da Cunha, Alain Bernard. Managing resource learning in distributed organisations with the organisational capability approach. International Journal of Technology Management, 2016, 70 (4), ⟨10.1504/IJTM.2016.075902⟩. ⟨hal-01354301⟩