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Using Knowledge Networks To Support Innovation

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H. Gous, C. SchutteOctober 2009

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My personal interest:

How can the performanceof the innovation process

be improved withtechnological infrastructure?

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Agenda

1. The Knowledge Network approach

2. Critical consideration

3. The Systems Architecture approach

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External Environment

Internal Environment

Refinementand

formalisationExploitation

Conceptdefintion

Conceptfeasibility

andrefinement

Opportunityidentification

Ideageneration

Portfolio Deployment

Strategy Information and Knowledge

People and Culture Organization structure and processes

Phase 2: Commercialize by developing, deploying and exploiting

Phase 1: Identifying opportunities andcreating a prospects portfolio

Du Preez, Louw (1)

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Organizational Struture

Management Systems

Corporate Culture

Knowledge NetworkArchitecture

Knowledge WorkProcesses

FacilitatingConditions

Seufert (4)

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Universities

CompetitivePre-competitive

KnowledgeDomain

KnowledgeSupply Chain

with outputs

KnowledgeRole-

players/Sources/Domains

Public Domain Private Domain User Domain

CreateKnowledge

(R&D)

Science and Technology Institutions

Government Bodies

Single Enterprises

Competitors

Suppliers

Market

Identify &Collect

Knowledge

ApplyKnowledge

Obtain valuefrom

Knowledge

DisseminateKnowledge

Du Preez & Louw (2)

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Universities

CompetitivePre-competitive

KnowledgeDomain

KnowledgeSupply Chain

with outputs

KnowledgeRole-

players/Sources/Domains

Public Domain Private Domain User Domain

CreateKnowledge

(R&D)

Science and Technology Institutions

Government Bodies

Single Enterprises

Competitors

Suppliers

Market

Identify &Collect

Knowledge

ApplyKnowledge

Obtain valuefrom

Knowledge

DisseminateKnowledge

IntegratedKnowledgeNetwork:

Organizationof Role-payers

Du Preez & Louw (2), Schutte & Du Preez (3)

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Support for Knowledge Work Processes within in an

Integrated Knowledge Network

Support for fullInnovation Life Cycle

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TechnologyRequirements

Online Environment

Network Model

Knowledge Objects

Taxonomy

Querying

Messaging

Navigation, Layout

and Theme

Support for Knowledge Work Processes within in an

Integrated Knowledge Network

Knowledge NetworkArchitecture

KnowledgeWork Processes

OnlineEnvironment

KnowledgeObjects

MultipleOrganizations

Socialization

Externalization

Systematization

Internalization

Support for fullInnovation Life Cycle

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Refinementand

formalisationExploitation

Conceptdefintion

Conceptfeasibility

andrefinement

Opportunityidentification

Ideageneration

Portfolio Deployment

Idea Phase Concept Phase Project Phase

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TechnologyRequirements

Online Environment

Network Model

Knowledge Objects

Taxonomy

Querying

Messaging

Navigation, Layout

and Theme

Support for Knowledge Work Processes within in an

Integrated Knowledge Network Support for fullInnovation Life Cycle

Knowledge NetworkArchitecture

KnowledgeWork Processes

OnlineEnvironment

KnowledgeObjects

MultipleOrganizations

Socialization

Externalization

Systematization

Internalization

Concept Phase

Idea Phase

Project Phase

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Messaging Navigation, Layout and Theme

QueryingTaxonomy

Knowledge Objects

Online Environment

Network Model

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Webserver enabling Online environment

Messaging

Notifications

TokenMessaging

Privatemsg

Color

Path

PanelsOG Blueprints

DHTML Menu

Navigation, Layout and Theme

Taxonomy

Taxonomy Search

Querying

Views

Knowledge Objects

Blog

Upload

Book

Tracker

Poll

Documents

Input formats

TinyMCE

Profile

Bio

Comment

Forum

VotingAPI

Fivestar

Organic Groups

Organic GroupsForum

Organic GroupsUser Roles

Network Model

Drupal core

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The right things.

... the Knowledge Network approach?

... the improvement in innovation capability?

... user requirements?

... ubiquitous and complex nature of business information?

... organisational scenarios?

Consider:

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Informationsystems

InnovationLife Cycle

Organisational scenarios based on

InnovationCapabilityMaturity

2

3 1

with Prof. Niek du Preez

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Process

Innovationlife cycle

Informationsystemlayers

Roles

Refinementand

formalisationExploitation

Conceptdefintion

Conceptfeasibility

andrefinement

Opportunityidentification

Ideageneration

Portfolio Deployment

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Process

Innovationlife cycle

Informationsystemlayers

Roles

Refinementand

formalisationExploitation

Conceptdefintion

Conceptfeasibility

andrefinement

Opportunityidentification

Ideageneration

Portfolio Deployment

Information

Applications

Technology

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Process

Innovationlife cycle

Informationsystemlayers

Roles

Refinementand

formalisationExploitation

Conceptdefintion

Conceptfeasibility

andrefinement

Opportunityidentification

Ideageneration

Portfolio Deployment

Information

Applications

Technology

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Process

Innovationlife cycle

Informationsystemlayers

Roles

Refinementand

formalisationExploitation

Conceptdefintion

Conceptfeasibility

andrefinement

Opportunityidentification

Ideageneration

Portfolio Deployment

Information

Applications

Technology

Innovationcapabilitymaturity

Strategy People andCulture

Information andKnowledge

Organisationalsupport

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5

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References

(1) Du Preez, N.D., Louw, L. 2008, “A Framework for Managing the Innovation Process”,

PICMET ’08.

(2) Du Preez, N.D., Louw, L. 2007, “Managing the Knowledge Supply Chain to Support

Innovation”, COMA’07 International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing.

(3) Schutte, C.S.L, Du Preez, N.D. 2008, “Knowledge Networks for Managing Innovation

Projects”, PICMET ’08.

(4) Seufert A, von Krogh G, Bach A. 1999, "Towards knowledge networking", Journal of

Knowledge Management, Vol 3 1999, pp. 180-190.