The study of five types of organizational networks aims to understand how knowledge sharing and social capital are related together to management of organizational networks. Our research questions were (1) what are the enablers and obstacles for knowledge sharing, (2) what are the connections between enablers and obstacles of knowledge sharing and dimensions of social capital, and (3) what are ...

BACKGROUND Based on practices in commercial organizations and public services, healthcare organizations are using service charters to inform patients about the quality of service they can expect and to increase patient-centeredness. In the Netherlands, an integrated regional stroke service involving five organizations has developed and implemented a single service charter. The purpose of this s...

Knowledge management (KM) plays an increasingly important role in software development. We find that a missed aspect of software development methods is their possibility to play a role as knowledge enabler. Knowledge enablers are organizational mechanisms for intentionally and consistently developing knowledge in organizations. Drawing on KMtheories we discuss what roles methods can play as kno...

This chapter explores the factors limiting organizational information and knowledge management (IKM) through the perceptions of IKM practitioners. The authors propose that a number of organisational factors – which for them are enablers – have the ability to influence IKM project outcomes. It follows that explication of these enablers in an integrated framework could, therefore, be beneficial f...

Knowledge enablers exist at the organizational and project levels. There is however, no meaningful means to measure organizational or project knowledge sharing. The need to understand the elements that enable this flow of knowledge is dramatically evidenced in information technology organizations in which insufficient knowledge sharing leads to intellectual capital loss, rework, skills deterior...

Users’ needs are the driver of the next generation of telecom services. Founding the services on users’ needs requires that various services cooperate together to meet specific needs. As a consequence, services should no more be developed as “silo” but with composable service enablers. This enabler paradigm raises the issues of the identification of the enablers and of the consistency of a serv...

the electronic industry suffers a rapid changing and highly rival environment. thus, firms have an essential need to strive for acquiring the competitive advantage. strategy organizational agility (soa) is a tool which enables to assist firms to attain the competitive advantage. therefore, this study benchmarks the core competencies from a case study within the supply chain network and establis...

BACKGROUND Physical activity interventions targeting older adults are optimized if barriers and enablers are better understood. This study identified barriers and enablers of physical activity and examined whether these were associated with meeting physical activity recommendations. METHODS 2225 adults aged 65 years and above who perceived themselves to be insufficiently active but would like...

BACKGROUND In 2006, the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published guidelines for the prevention and management of overweight and obesity. To tailor the implementation of guidelines, information is needed about the prevailing barriers and enablers, and practical methods for identifying barriers and enablers. AIM To uncover and describe barriers and enablers to impl...