Fostering knowledge management in small and medium-sized enterprises

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2007-01

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USASBE 2007

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investigating and overcoming knowledge deficits in management control

Abstract

The submitted paper covers two topics which are essential for SMEs and their competitiveness: management control and knowledge management. On the basis of an empirical survey among producing SMEs in Central-Germany the authors investigated knowledge deficits concerning the domain of management control. German SMEs show numerous weaknesses especially when it comes to prediction-oriented instruments of management control, e.g. SWOT-, Scenario-Analysis or dynamic investment procedures. The authors developed a suitable computer-aided learning tool to overcome these knowledge deficits and designed a knowledge management concept to collectivize individually learned knowledge.

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Blended Learning, Business Reengineering, Knowledge Management, Learning Community, Lessons Learned, Management Control, Scenario-Analysis, SME, Storytelling, SWOT-Analysis

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Wide World of Entrepreneurship, Conference Proceedings United States Association for Small business and entrepreneurship, joint USASBE and SBI Conference, January 11 - 14, 2007, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Omnipress, Madison, USA