Wissensorganisation in teilautonomen Arbeitsgruppen
Zur Bedeutung geteilten und ungeteilten Objektwissens für Leistung, Innovation und Team Commitment
Abstract
Die vorliegende Untersuchung geht der Fragestellung nach, welche Bedeutung geteiltes und ungeteiltes Objektwissen für die Produktivität, Ideengenerierung und -umsetzung sowie das Team Commitment in teilautonomen Arbeitsgruppen hat. Es wurden 42 teilautonome Arbeitsgruppen zu drei Messzeitpunkten untersucht. Die Datenerhebung umfasste Selbsteinschätzungen, Beobachtungsdaten und objektive Kennzahlen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass teilautonome Arbeitsgruppen von geteiltem Objektwissen hinsichtlich der Produktivität profitieren. Für das Team Commitment hingegen erweist sich das ungeteilte Objektwissen als positiv. Geteiltes und ungeteiltes Objektwissen scheinen für das Generieren und Umsetzen von Ideen keine Bedeutung zu haben. Praktische Implikationen werden diskutiert.
The present study pursues the question of how important shared and unshared object-level knowledge are for the productivity, the idea generation and implementation, as well as the team commitment in self-directed work groups. Forty-two self-directed work groups were surveyed at three measurement points. The surveys contained self-evaluation, observation data, and objective figures. The results show that with respect to productivity self-directed work groups profit from shared object-level knowledge. For team commitment, on the other hand, unshared object-level knowledge proves to be positive. Neither shared nor unshared object-level knowledge have any effects on idea generation and implementation. Practical implications are discussed.
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