Title: Knowledge Management and Organizational Capabilities in Project settings: Unpacking Project-based Learning
Abstract: Over the last 20 years, there has been an increase in the study of project-based learning to
deploy knowledge management strategies and the concept of organizational capability. We
address this topic in the context of infrastructure development projects. Through a review of
existing literature complemented by pilot empirical research carried out in MultiWaterWork
program, and Gaasperdammer tunnel project in the Netherlands, Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau
Bridge in China and Crossrail in the UK, research propositions are presented on the relationship
among knowledge management, project-based learning, and organizational capabilities. The
findings reject the position of knowledge management as a best practice toolkit for immediate
use and emphasize that there is no pure copy-paste knowledge learned from one project to
another. Learning is proposed as the missing link between project capabilities and knowledge
management. The study then focuses on the contribution of sets of project capabilities to
achieve project performance. It is suggested that the critical role of learning in the development
of project capabilities should be on the future research agenda of infrastructure development
projects.
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Date: 2019-04-12
Language: en
Type: article
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