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Designing Work for Knowledge-Based Competition

S. Mohrman. March 2002.

A framework is proposed for the design of work in the knowledge enterprise-firms that compete based on their knowledge leadership and knowledge management capabilities. Knowledge contexts tend to be highly interdependent, process-driven, dynamic, and striving for strategic flexibility. These characteristics pose challenges for designing work. Work design principles and approaches are articulated. Very little research has been conducted about knowledge work design. A research agenda is proposed.

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