Change Paradigms in the Setting of Knowledge Management Systems

Content.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1 Research Problem and Relevance.- 1.2 Key Concepts and Significant Prior Research.- 1.3 Research Objectives and Expected Contributions.- 1.4 General Research Approach.- 2. Conceptual Foundations.- 2.1 Change Paradigms Guiding KMS Implementations.- 2.2 Linear, Staged Change.- 2.3 Circular, Continuous Change.- 3. Case Study: Siemens ShareNet.- 3.1 Project Prologue.- 3.2 Definition and Prototyping.- 3.3 Setup and Piloting.- 3.4 Global Rollout.- 3.5 Operation, Expansion, and Further Development.- 3.6 Shifting to a Multi-Community Concept.- 4. Case Discussion: Change Paradigms Revisited.- 4.1 A Linear, Staged Perspective to Explain Success and Failure.- 4.2 A Circular, Continuous Perspective to Explain Success and Failure.- 5. Conclusions and Implications for Further Research.- 5.1 Motivators Fitting Knowledge Management Systems.- 5.2 Knowledge Management Systems as Change Drivers.- 5.3 Toward a Culture Change-Based Implementation Framework.- Interview Guidelines.- Interview Synopses.- Interview with Horst D. Angerer.- Interview with Felix Baumann.- Interview with Joachim Döring.- Interview with Stefan Jenzowsky.- Interview with Dietmar Krauss.- Interview with Alfons Kuhn.- Interview with Andreas Manuth.- Interview with Rolf Meinert.- Interview with Dr. Johannes Müller.- Interview with Barbara Stahl.- Interview with Ursula Streit.- Interview with Donald Tsusaki.- Interview with Gerhard Vogt.- Interview with Marc Widuch.- References.