Newell, Sue, Bresnen, Mike, Edelman, Linda, Scarbrough, Harry and Swan, Jacky. (2006) Sharing knowledge across projects - Limits to ICT-led project review practices. MANAGEMENT LEARNING, 37 (2). pp. 167-185. ISSN 1350-5076

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Abstract

A common strategy to transfer knowledge from projects is for project teams to capture 'lessons learned' and store these on a database for others to access. This strategy is widely adopted but such databases are not widely used. This article explores why cross-project knowledge transfer fails, using data from 13 projects in six organizations. Following Cook and Brown, the analysis focuses on why knowledge captured from one project is typically not used as a 'tool of knowing' by others. The results suggest that the knowledge captured is not deemed useful and/or project teams lack awareness that there is knowledge that could be useful to help them improve their processes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	MANAGEMENT LEARNING
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
ISSN:	1350-5076
Date:	June 2006
Volume:	37
Number:	2
Number of Pages:	19
Page Range:	pp. 167-185
Identification Number:	10.1177/1350507606063441
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/33255

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