Communications of the ACM
Organizational knowledge and the intranet
Decision Support Systems - Special issue: intranets and intranetworking
Considering an organization's memory
CSCW '98 Proceedings of the 1998 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Just talk to me: a field study of expertise location
CSCW '98 Proceedings of the 1998 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Diversity in information systems action research methods
European Journal of Information Systems
Expertise recommender: a flexible recommendation system and architecture
CSCW '00 Proceedings of the 2000 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Rise of the Network Society
Post-Capitalist Society
Competence Visualizer: Generating Competence Patterns of Organizational Groups
HICSS '02 Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'02)-Volume 4 - Volume 4
Leveraging Tacit Organizational Knowledge
Journal of Management Information Systems
Towards an integrating architecture for competence management
Computers in Industry
ProLink: a semantics-based social network for software projects
International Journal of Information Technology and Management
A holistic framework for the assessment of faculty
International Journal of Business Information Systems
International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals
Attacks on Confidentiality of Communications Between Stranger Organizations
International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations
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Existing competence systems are based on a rationalistic view of competence. While these competence systems might work in job-based organizations, we argue that in more dynamic settings, such as in knowledge-based organizations, the interest-informed actions that capture the emergent competencies of tomorrow require different types of information technology support. The main objective of this paper is to elaborate on the possibilities and implications of using interest-activated technology as a design rationale for competence systems. This paper is based on an action case study of an implemented interest-activated Intranet recommender system prototype at Volvo Information Technology AB in Gothenburg, Sweden. On the basis of how organizational members used this prototype to find information they were interested in, our research team was able to inquire into how personal interest, embodied in information-seeking activities, could be a means for identifying competence. Building on the relation between personal interest and competence, we discuss competence systems design and spell out explicit implications for managerial practice in knowledge-based organizations.