Creating and Sustaining Meta-organizational Memory: A Case Study

Abstract

The case study of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological-Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI), a Canadian government meta-organizational collaborative initiative, is presented. Multiple federal departments and agencies have a joint responsibility for creating a knowledge base and a national memory for the purposes of protecting the country against CBRNE threats posed by terrorists. The conditions of a meta-organization present particular opportunities and challenges for organizational learning and organizational memory. Organizational learning and knowledge management theory provide the premises for addressing these issues. An intentional knowledge management strategy has been instrumental in organizational learning, resulting in a knowledge base for a collective organizational memory. Ongoing challenges are being addressed by the strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA513004

Entities

People

  • Susan G. Mcintyre

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Case Studies
  • Classification
  • Community Of Practice
  • First Responders
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • International Organizations
  • Knowledge Management
  • Lessons Learned
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Training

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).