Applying wikis to managing knowledge - A socio-technical approach Export

@article{citeulike:4076300, abstract = {As organizations are increasingly moving towards geographically dispersed and virtual forms of collaboration, knowledge sharing through social software such as wikis is widely acknowledged as an important area of research and practice. However, social software remains an under-investigated issue in the literature on knowledge management (KM), and there is a lack of studies demonstrating how organizations can successfully incorporate these technologies into their everyday operations. To bridge this gap, our paper examines a case of successful wiki implementation. We claim that understanding the implementation of wikis requires a socio-technical perspective focusing on the organizational context and activity system in which they are implemented rather than on their technological proficiency. Furthermore, we claim that their implementation brings about change in existing social systems, and results in new kinds of social constellations, interactions, and identities, which are manageable and controllable only to a limited extent. Copyright {\copyright} 2009 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, address = {School of Business, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland}, author = {Kosonen, Miia and Kianto, Aino}, citeulike-article-id = {4076300}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kpm.322}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122210927/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/kpm.322}, journal = {Knowledge and Process Management}, number = {1}, pages = {23--29}, posted-at = {2009-04-29 00:26:12}, priority = {3}, title = {Applying wikis to managing knowledge - A socio-technical approach}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kpm.322}, volume = {16}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4076300 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4076300 N2 - As organizations are increasingly moving towards geographically dispersed and virtual forms of collaboration, knowledge sharing through social software such as wikis is widely acknowledged as an important area of research and practice. However, social software remains an under-investigated issue in the literature on knowledge management (KM), and there is a lack of studies demonstrating how organizations can successfully incorporate these technologies into their everyday operations. To bridge this gap, our paper examines a case of successful wiki implementation. We claim that understanding the implementation of wikis requires a socio-technical perspective focusing on the organizational context and activity system in which they are implemented rather than on their technological proficiency. Furthermore, we claim that their implementation brings about change in existing social systems, and results in new kinds of social constellations, interactions, and identities, which are manageable and controllable only to a limited extent. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IS - 1 JF - Knowledge and Process Management AD - School of Business, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland EP - 29 TI - Applying wikis to managing knowledge - A socio-technical approach VL - 16 SP - 23 AU - Kosonen, Miia AU - Kianto, Aino PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kpm.322 ER -