- Title
- The impact of mental models on the collective management of information and knowledge in contexts of uncertainty
- Creator
- Davison, Graydon; Blackman, Deborah
- Relation
- Eighteenth Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference. Proceedings of the 18th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (Dunedin, New Zealand 8 - 11 December, 2004)
- Relation
- http://www.business.otago.ac.nz/mgmt/ANZAM2004
- Publisher
- University of Otago
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2004
- Description
- Two case studies from markedly different environments, cartography and healthcare, are presented to elucidate two major issues in the development and implementation of knowledge management systems for multidisciplinary teams in uncertain contexts; a tendency in developers to impose their mental models, making the enviromnent appear less uncertain and more manageable, thus reducing the range of options apparently available to users; and contemporary mental models of knowledge management systems preventing a model suitable for a diverse team in an uncertain environment being developed. It is argued that there are two imperatives to consider. The acceptance of uncertainty linked to a willingness to put aside personal and technical mental models held by analysts and a readiness to understand the generation of collective team-based mental models which will reflect stakeholder perspectives and needs.
- Subject
- knowledge management; mental models; cognitive psychology; objectivity
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/930642
- Identifier
- uon:10887
- Identifier
- ISBN:0476011310
- Language
- eng
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