Trkman & Desouza, Lam & Chua and Massingham

Knowledge risks in organizational networks: An exploratory framework The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Vol. 21, No. 1. (March 2012), pp. 1-17,

by Peter Trkman, Kevin C. Desouza..

 

This article looks at how knowledge is shared between organizations, but instead of looking at the benefits that can result from this type of collaboration, it focuses on the risks that can present themselves if the knowledge sharing is not done carefully. The article shows that there can be many disadvantag3es that can occur as well with knowledge sharing between organizations. A company could potentially lose it competitive advantage or its intellectual property may suffer because due to poor usage of it by another organization. I actually really enjoyed this article and found myself agreeing with many of the things that were being presented. I think that it is okay form companied to help each other to an extent but not all knowledge that exists within an organization needs to be shared with other organizations.

 

 

Knowledge risk management: a framework Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 14, No. 3. (2010), pp. 464-485,

by Peter Massingham

 

This article looks at knowledge risk management. I enjoyed this article because it keeps the responsibility of knowing what is going on within an organization on those who are running it. The article acknowledges that many times in the past corporate leaders have denied and deflected the blame when a serious situation arises. This article focuses on way in which knowledge can be accumulated and shared to help prevent or deal with high risk situations. The articles findings suggest that current knowledge risk management strategies are ineffective and implies that other methods need to be developed.

 

Knowledge outsourcing: an alternative strategy for knowledge management Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 13, No. 3. (2009), pp. 28-43,

by Wing Lam, Alton Y. K. Chua

 

This article looks at "knowledge outsourcing as an alternative strategy for knowledge management." This basically means from my own understanding that as opposed to knowledge being extracted from inside an organization and outside source is contracted to create new "knowledge assets." I am not sure how much I agree with it but it is an interesting idea. I think it would be foolish to overlook the valuable knowledge that already exists within an organization, but I can understand the benefits of also utilizing an outside source for new knowledge. I personally would not choose one over the other but rather combine both options in a way that was most useful to my organization.