How Can Knowledge Leakage be Stopped: A Socio-Technical System Design Approach to Risk Management

نویسندگان

  • Mambo G. Mupepi
  • Aslam Modak
  • Jaideep Motwani
  • Sylvia C. Mupepi
چکیده

Thisarticlediscusseshowleakageofknowledgecanoccurinvaluecreationnetworksembeddedin knowledge-intensivefirms,andhowacollaborativeapproachcanbeutilizedtominimizeriskand increasesustainability.Forknowledgetobepreservedfromunintentionaloutflow,itsconfidential natureanddescriptionmustbeunderstoodatalllevels.Lossofknowledgecanoccuratanypoint; whetheritisthroughtheprocessofconsultationorwhenemployeesdotheirwork.Forfeitureof informationcanbeunintendedoraplannedeffort.Topreventsuchunintendedleakage,itisimportant todevelopasharedmindsetamongemployeestominimizetherisk.Thesocio-technicalsystemdesign isaphilosophicalframeworkthatenablescompaniestosimultaneouslyconsiderbothethicaland technicalsystemsinordertobestmatchthetechnologyandthepeopleinvolved.Historyhasshown throughanumberofsituationsthatfirmsthatfailedtocomprehendnewopportunitieswereoften limitedbystakeholders’thoughtsandactions. KeywoRDS Epistemology, Knowledge Leakage, Proprietary Information, Socio-Technical Systems Design

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • IJSKD

دوره 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017