| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R54132/01 |
| Title: |
Managing Knowledge Spaces: Mapping the Effects of Dispersed Teamworking on Project Performance |
| Principal Investigator: |
Rush, Professor H |
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| Department: |
Centre for Research in Innovation Man |
| Organisation: |
University of Brighton |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 March 2002 |
Ends: |
31 May 2004 |
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272,926
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Information & Knowledge Mgmt |
Manufact. Business Strategy |
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| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Construction |
| Information Technologies |
Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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R&D |
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Managers in industry currently have no framework showing the effects of different spatial arrangements on project teams. The virtual team model claims that spatially dispersed individuals can work together effectively, through using the expanding capabilities of network technology. By contrast, recent work on knowledge management (KM) increasingly stresses the importance of co-location, for a shared context between team members, through which they can communicate. While the debate is jammed, managers designing teams need to better understand the effects of spatial decisions firstly, on how teams manage knowledge, and secondly the consequences for project performance.The Managing Knowledge Spaces project includes research with industrial partners from diverse sectors; Ove Arup, Adtranz, CAE Invertron, DERA, Montgomery Watson and Runtime Collective. The method involves three stages: first, close observation and interviewing of project teams in their spatial contexts to identify the KM practices; second, the design and implementation of a project survey to assess the effects on performance; third, the development of a taxonomy and diagnostic tool that will help managers to quickly understand the ramifications of differing project team designs and associated KM processes, for project performance in different industrial contexts. Each stage will be refined and validated by workshops with the practitioners.
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