The article by Krogh, Nonaka, and Rechsteiner (2012) presents the idea of organizational knowledge creation through the process of integration of knowledge assets. The authors first present a literature review on knowledge creation within organizations and then put forth the viewpoint that most of the researches have done in the area. The article focuses on top and upper middle leadership roles and mostly overlooks knowledge creation at the baser layers of the organization.
In order to fill this gap, the authors developed a model of situational leadership that would help the process of organizational knowledge creation throughout the different layers of the organization. The framework that is portrayed in the process demonstrates that there are different levels of activity that shows a core, conditional, and structural layers of knowledge creation process. Further, the authors also provided the implication that their model would have on practical application of the model.
In this context, it should be pointed out that the advantages presented by the authors of the new model are clear and point directly to the practical implications and applicability of the process. However, the disadvantages presented by the authors are not practical and cannot be supported through a process of critical evaluation. Practically, the research gap shown by the authors are definite and do not demonstrate the real problem in organizational knowledge creation process.
The process of critical thinking demands that the material at hand must be synthesized and analyzed in order to reach a final verdict (Paul, Willsen, & Binker, 1993; Halpern, 2002; Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2001; Ennis, 1989). In case of both the articles, it has been found that the gaps in research and practice have been identified successfully but they have failed to demonstrate suitable outcomes for the problems.
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Krogh, G. v., Nonaka, I., & Rechsteiner, L. (2012). Leadership in Organizational Knowledge Creation: A Review and Framework. Journal of Management Studies, 49(1), 240–277.
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