Title: Managing resource learning in distributed organisations with the organisational capability approach

Authors: Philippe Rauffet; Catherine Da Cunha; Alain Bernard

Addresses: Lab-STICC UMR CNRS 6285, University of South Brittany, 56100 Lorient, France ' Ecole Centrale de Nantes, LUNAM Université, IRCCyN UMR CNRS 6597, 1 rue de la Noe, BP 92101 44321, Nantes Cedex 3, France ' Ecole Centrale de Nantes, LUNAM Université, IRCCyN UMR CNRS 6597, 1 rue de la Noe, BP 92101 44321, Nantes Cedex 3, France

Abstract: Organisational capability management is a recent approach; it enables global and coordinated management of resources and facilitates future synergies within extended organisations. This paper provides a state of the art of organisational capability approach and proposes a management framework. On the one hand, an overview of the theoretical principles and the practical solutions, especially methods for standardising and transferring firms' good practices, points out the limits of their sustainable functioning. On the other hand, the framework manages organisational capabilities by following the theoretical principles and overcoming identified barriers. This proposition is structured around three kinds of processes: primary (design and transfer), support (assessment and enhancement) and management (coordination and alignment).

Keywords: knowledge management; learning systems; good practice transfer; standardisation methods; resource management; resource learning; distributed organisations; organisational capability management; organisational learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2016.075902

International Journal of Technology Management, 2016 Vol.70 No.4, pp.300 - 322

Accepted: 17 Jul 2015
Published online: 12 Apr 2016 *

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