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Value Knowledge Management for Multi-party Conflicts: An Example of Process Structuring

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Knowledge Discovery, Knowlege Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2009)

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Value knowledge management (VKM) comprises the process structuring required to make individual and/or group values explicit in a manner so that such initially tacit knowledge appropriately informs decision making. This paper presents a case in which VKM is used for structuring an organizational preparation process for a new and substantial initiative. Fundamental group conflicts exist with respect to this initiative and, more immediately, with respect to the extent of preparation envisioned. The relative importance of two key values is at issue: increasing human capital and reducing project costs. The case illustrates a three-stage approach to VKM and demonstrates how the articulation of group judgment policies, the development of a shared resource allocation model, and the application of analytical mediation can make a substantial contribution to organizational problem solving or opportunity seeking.

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  1. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs, University at Albany, SUNY, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12202, U.S.A.

    Shahidul Hassan & John Rohrbaugh

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  1. IST - Technical University of Lisbon, Av.Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal

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  2. Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628, Delft, CD, The Netherlands

    Jan L. G. Dietz

  3. Informatics Research Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, RG6 6UD, Reading, UK

    Kecheng Liu

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Hassan, S., Rohrbaugh, J. (2011). Value Knowledge Management for Multi-party Conflicts: An Example of Process Structuring. In: Fred, A., Dietz, J.L.G., Liu, K., Filipe, J. (eds) Knowledge Discovery, Knowlege Engineering and Knowledge Management. IC3K 2009. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 128. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19032-2_29

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