Benefits and challenges of knowledge creation in concurrent virtual professional organisation formation and operation

Erno Salmela and Kyllikki Taipale-Erävala

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2013, vol. 13, issue 3, 224-244

Abstract: The study examines how concurrent virtual professional organisation (VPO) formation and operation affects knowledge creation. Usually virtual organisation formation and operation are discussed as consecutive phases. The phenomenon is studied by a qualitative research approach and a single case study. The studied case is a project preparation (PP), the goal of which is to start a public research project. Knowledge creation plays an important role in PP. As a theoretical contribution, the article presents a dynamic model that connects the concurrent VPO formation and operation phases to knowledge creation. As a practical implication, the study suggests that in an uncertain and hectic environment, concurrent VPO formation and operation may be unnecessary. To manage this kind of a situation successfully, dynamic coordination competencies are needed.

Keywords: knowledge creation; virtual professional organisations; VPO formation; VPO operation; organisational life cycle; concurrent operations; project preparation; case study; virtual organisations. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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