How do organizational factors influence knowledge retention and storage within companies? In this study, we examine the influence of organizational structure on organizational memory. We are specifically interested in the effects of specialization and standardization—dimensions of the organizational structure—on organizational memory as conceptualized by Walsh and Ungson (1991) and Argote (2005...

The Task Force on Organizational Memory presented a report at the Hawaii International Conference for System Sciences in January 1998. The report included perspectives on knowledge-oriented research, conceptual models for organizational memory, and research methodologies for researchers considering work in organizational memory. This paper builds on the ideas originally presented in the 1998 re...

One way to clarify the concept of organizational metnory is by defining organizational memory components in terms of their roles in different organizational forms. In this way the place and function of organizational memory in a business organization can be better understood A professional organization, where both the organizational form and the role of shared organizational information underwe...

Knowledge in organization, supported by appropriate technology will produce organizational memories that provide necessary support for organization to learn and grow. As the scope of organizational memory in one organization is too broad, it is necessary to classify them into acceptable narrower view. Using organization memory computer base literature related, this study found some basic unders...

BACKGROUND This study tested model-driven predictions regarding working memory's role in the organizational problems associated with ADHD. METHOD Children aged 8-13 (M = 10.33, SD = 1.42) with and without ADHD (N = 103; 39 girls; 73% Caucasian/Non-Hispanic) were assessed on multiple, counterbalanced working memory tasks. Parents and teachers completed norm-referenced measures of organizationa...

One of a firm's key organizational capabilities is an active organizational memory that allows it to store and retrieve knowledge of facts, processes, or experiences. A review of the recent literature on organizational memory shows that there are widely varying views of its nature, locus, and influence [21]. The concept of an organizational--as opposed to individual--memory is viewed by some as...

While the information technologies provide organizational members with explicit concepts, such as writing instruction manuals, the ‘organizational memory’ provides individuals with tacit knowledge, such as systematic sets, routines and shared visions. This means that individuals within an organization learn by using both the organizational memory and the information technologies. They interact ...

There is limited evidence to explain the effect of organizational memory on marketing implementation. This paper addresses this gap by identifying multiple components of organizational memory and examining how each affects marketing implementation. Organizational memory is a collective recollection of the past that is embedded within firm culture, procedures, and expertise. The findings demonst...

The benefits of an organizational memory are ultimately determined by the usefulness of the organizational memory as perceived by its users. Therefore, an improvement of an organizational memory should be measured in the added perceived usefulness. Unfortunately, the perceived usefulness has many impact factors (e.g., the precision of the user query, the urgency with which the user needs inform...

The benefits of an organizational memory are ultimately determined by the usefulness of the organizational memory as perceived by its users. Therefore, an improvement of an organizational memory should be measured in the added perceived usefulness. Unfortunately, the perceived usefulness has many impact factors (e.g., the precision of the user query, the urgency with which the user needs inform...