Article
Knowledge Management Research & Practice (2006) 4, 240–249. doi:10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500108
Activating quasi-organizational memory in environmental scenario building
The present paper is a collaborative product. The introduction was written by both the authors, the second and third section are by Adele Celino, the fourth section and the conclusions are by Grazia Concilio.
Adele Celino1 and Grazia Concilio1
1Dipartimento di Architettura e Urbanistica, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
Correspondence: Grazia Concilio, Dipartimento di Architettura e Urbanistica, Politecnico di Bari, via Orabona, 4, Bari 70125, Italy. Tel: ++39 080 5963522; Fax: ++39 080 5963348; E-mail: g.concilio@poliba.it
Received 28 April 2006; Accepted 11 August 2006.
Abstract
This paper presents the results of an on-going research project aiming at developing GraviCS, an information system supporting local government and citizens in managing argumentations during the setting up of a Regional Natural Park in Southern Italy. We consider that organizational memory, structured within information systems supporting decision-making and action in organizational environments, can be a useful means for developing multilevel (individual, group, organizational) collaborative learning; in this sense the system architecture was designed referring to the organizational domain emerging in the decision making context of a Natural Park and was finalized to the dynamic representation of the organizational memory. Starting from the case study – the process for the Gravina Natural Park setting-up – , the paper describes the system's architecture and discusses some issues related to: possible dynamic representations of organizational memory; creation, use and storage of decision/learning histories.
Keywords:
environmental planning, collaborative learning, managing organizational memory, process-scenario, argumentation management
