Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/337648 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Innovation & Management Review [ISSN:] 2515-8961 [Volume:] 21 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 212-226
Publisher: 
Emerald, Leeds
Abstract: 
Purpose This paper discusses the effects of enabling conditions of project knowledge management in building volatile organizational memory. The theoretical rationale underlies a recursive relationship among enabling conditions of project knowledge management, organizational learning and memory. Design/methodology/approach This research employs a qualitative descriptive single case study approach to examine a mobile application development project undertaken by a major software company in Brazil. The analysis focuses on the project execution using an abductive analytical framework. The study data were collected through in-depth interviews and company documents. Findings Based on the research findings, the factors that facilitate behavior and strategy in managing project knowledge pose a challenge when it comes to fostering organizational learning. While both these factors play a role in organizational learning, the exchange of information from previous experience could be strengthened, and the feedback from the learning process could be improved. These shortcomings arise from emotional tensions that stem from power struggles within knowledge hierarchies. Practical implications Based on the research, it is recommended that project-structured organizations should prioritize an individual's professional experience to promote organizational learning. Organizations with well-defined connections between their projects and strategies can better establish interconnections among knowledge creation, sharing and coding. Originality/value The primary contribution is to provide a comprehensive view that incorporates the conditions required to manage project knowledge, organizational learning and memory. The findings lead to four propositions that relate to volatile memory, intuitive knowledge, learning and knowledge encoding.
Subjects: 
Enabling conditions
Intuitive knowledge
Organizational learning
Organizational memory
Project knowledge management
Volatile memory
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