The Library Leading: Knowledge Management Supporting Community College Institutional Strategy

Jardine, Elizabeth

doi:10.1080/13614533.2018.1511437

“…It appeared that the substantive silos and its corresponding verb and adjective forms are used in many different ways and limited our search uniquely to the organizational context and delimited only partially its scope of use. For example, we found cases of budget silos [73], information silos, [74][75][76][77], cultural silos [78], tribal silos [79], siloed thinking or mentality [80], research silos [81], and silo-effects [82].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Organizational Silos: A Scoping Review Informed by a Behavioral Perspective on Systems and Networks

Bento

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Tagliabue

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Lorenzo

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2020

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In recent years, several organizations have implemented interventions aimed at integrating work processes and bridging network clusters. These are often permeated by different assumptions regarding clusters in organizational settings. There are concerns about the formation of silos and structural barriers to communication across the formal and informal network structures. Conversely, network clusters are regarded as spaces of local social reinforcement from which innovation ideas may emerge. Although terminologically and functionally different, they share some common features insofar as organizational behavior is concerned and the production of artifacts that fulfill organizational goals. The present scoping review presents an analysis of the literature on organizational silos while investigating attempts to bridge network clusters. Based on the search results, 40 studies were included in the analysis of the findings; of these, 20 were empirical studies and were included in a further quantitative analysis of methods and findings. We identified patterns of definitions of silos and variation in terms of aims, variables, and methods used to evaluate interventions among the heterogeneous studies. Special attention was dedicated to the role of consequences of siloed organizational behavior. We conclude that silos comprise barriers to achieving organizational goals insofar as they pose a threat to internal cooperation.

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“…According to Jardine [14], recognizing consequences of a siloed information environment can lead to formal recommendations for improving the alignment between organizational departments enterprise wide. With the information found on supporting the need for capturing critical tacit knowledge, sharing it freely through knowledge sharing, and breaking down knowledge silos, further research will advance the understanding and application of how sharing critical tacit knowledge can support an organization's learning culture.…”

Section: Obstacles and Solutions To Knowledge Sharing Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge Management in Education: Often the Missing Link in Developing a Robust Learning Organization

Teague,

Billbrough

2023

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In March of 2020, we were sitting in our cubicles in Manchester, New Hampshire USA when an email went out to our colleagues from the President of our University asking us to calmly pack up our necessary belongings and directing us to take whatever technology was appropriate from our workstations to plan to work from our homes for the next two weeks as we watched the world in effect shut down to allow for the COVID-19 to pass. Soon, two weeks turned into two months and two months to two years. We were allowed back to our desks in a cascade effect, never at the same time out of an abundance of caution, to recover additional items and clear out our spaces for good with masks and gloves. Calendars and notes and cups with evaporated coffee were left obsolete, and untouched, as were processes on how we used to do things as we, in many ways, had to pivot on a dime to continue to offer the exceptional educational services to our students that they've grown to expect. As such, the need to rely on our knowledge management roots and pivot those slightly to not only embrace the process but also now embrace both the people who manage the process and the people who benefit from the process -those who are in the learning ecosystem became even more necessary. An outcome of How an Effective Knowledge Management Program Supports Critical Tacit Knowledge Retention Within a Higher Education Institution: A Qualitative Intrinsic Case Study this article explores how knowledge management can be leveraged as a tool within education to support the development of a robust the ongoing development and shift as an organization shifts toward moving toward being an organization that embraces what it means to become a learning organization.

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“…According to Jardine [14], recognizing consequences of a siloed information environment can lead to formal recommendations for improving the alignment between organizational departments enterprise wide. With the information found on supporting the need for capturing critical tacit knowledge, sharing it freely through knowledge sharing, and breaking down knowledge silos, further research will advance the understanding and application of how sharing critical tacit knowledge can support an organization's learning culture.…”

Section: Obstacles and Solutions To Knowledge Sharing Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2023

IJI

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In March of 2020, we were sitting in our cubicles in Manchester, New Hampshire USA when an email went out to our colleagues from the President of our University asking us to calmly pack up our necessary belongings and directing us to take whatever technology was appropriate from our workstations to plan to work from our homes for the next two weeks as we watched the world in effect shut down to allow for the COVID-19 to pass. Soon, two weeks turned into two months and two months to two years. We were allowed back to our desks in a cascade effect, never at the same time out of an abundance of caution, to recover additional items and clear out our spaces for good with masks and gloves. Calendars and notes and cups with evaporated coffee were left obsolete, and untouched, as were processes on how we used to do things as we, in many ways, had to pivot on a dime to continue to offer the exceptional educational services to our students that they've grown to expect. As such, the need to rely on our knowledge management roots and pivot those slightly to not only embrace the process but also now embrace both the people who manage the process and the people who benefit from the process -those who are in the learning ecosystem became even more necessary. An outcome of How an Effective Knowledge Management Program Supports Critical Tacit Knowledge Retention Within a Higher Education Institution: A Qualitative Intrinsic Case Study this article explores how knowledge management can be leveraged as a tool within education to support the development of a robust the ongoing development and shift as an organization shifts toward moving toward being an organization that embraces what it means to become a learning organization.

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The Library Leading: Knowledge Management Supporting Community College Institutional Strategy

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Organizational Silos: A Scoping Review Informed by a Behavioral Perspective on Systems and Networks

Organizational Silos: A Scoping Review Informed by a Behavioral Perspective on Systems and Networks

Knowledge Management in Education: Often the Missing Link in Developing a Robust Learning Organization

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