A learning-by-doing based framework for micro-knowledge management in project contexts

BACKGROUND: There is a general acknowledgement of projects as sites of knowledge creation, but in multi-project contexts, we witness at times a lack of robust procedures that would ensure harvesting the lessons learned OBJECTIVE: This paper aims at providing an operational conceptual framework for micro-knowledge management, depicting knowledge as created by individuals performing project activities METHODS: Documentation on relevant literature and observation of current managerial practices and tools, in order to use the underpinnings of experiential education for managing learning-by-doing knowledge creation RESULTS: Developing the framework led to identifying the decision-making processes in micro-knowledge management and their correlation with human resources management Secondly - we have shown the need for a coherent integration of knowledge deliverables into the project management tools and practices, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic CONCLUSIONS: Micro-knowledge management points to a recurrent assessment of the opportunity for micro-knowledge codification and/or staff retention based on tacit professional or biographical knowledge of the project team members The framework offers a balance between the detachment of knowledge from the owners, in codification, and affirming the irreducible tacit and personal dimensions of learning-by-doing © 2020 - IOS Press and the authors All rights reserved

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