Shared challenge for learning: dialogue between management and front-line workers in knowledge management

Heli Ahonen, Jaakko Virkkunen

International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 2003, vol. 2, issue 1/2, 59-84

Abstract: Knowledge management is increasingly involved in the creation of new collective competencies. This calls for a new form of collaborative learning activity and dialogue between management's and front-line workers' perspectives. Competence Laboratory is a new team-level knowledge management method aiming at promoting and supporting such learning and dialogue. The article describes the method, its theoretical foundations on the concepts of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory and the experimental use of the method in a telecommunications company. The analysis of the experiment focuses on the conditions for constructing a shared view of the pivotal challenge of learning and competence development between middle management and front-line workers.

Keywords: knowledge management; organisational learning; competence development; Activity Theory. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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