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Designing the Future of Museums : National Museum of Finland
(2018) Son, Boyoung; Borisova, Lidia; Niskala, Sarianna; Ma, Xuan; Klingler, Gero; Kärki, Krista; Choi, Jinkyu
D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys
Societal changes, political climate, digitalization and new technological innovations are developing the ways we interact with each other and our cultural heritage. Our consumption patterns are transformed and shaped by smart devices – yet our perceptions of museums remain antiquated. Thus, the question is, what kind of meanings we attach to museums in the future? What kind of concepts can we develop to reach this goal? Museums have been doing excellent work in preserving our national and cultural heritage, but as a side effect, we have collectively typecast them as repositories for the past. The report exhibits foresight into innovative opportunities to be seized by The Museum in the future both conceptual and practical levels. Group of IDBM students from Aalto University collaborated with National Museum of Finland. Students developed concepts for future Museum of Cultures in two multidisciplinary teams. The represented disciplines are business, technology and design. Even though the report focuses on the Museum of Cultures, the results are scalable to address the future of museums in general.
Why knowledge sharing is not easy? A case study of blockchain application in a global electronic engineering company
(2019) Son, Boyoung
School of Business | Master's thesis
Research objective The objective of this study is to gain an understanding of what are the practical factors affecting the phenomenon of knowledge sharing. The thesis studied the status of knowledge sharing within a global electronic engineering company, particularly about blockchain applicable digital products and services in OEM targeting business and see what factors provoke or prevent sharing activities. The background of this study is knowledge sharing with the external and internal entities of organisations and among individuals which finally promotes the innovative capacity of organisations. This study focuses on understanding the phenomenon of knowledge sharing in the practical case as exploring the factors enabling and hindering knowledge sharing within the case organisation. Methodology This study adopts a qualitative single case approach by interviewing eleven different managers who are mostly working for either OEM business or the development of digital products and services. The data was gathered by using thematic semi-structured in-depth interviews. The theoretical framework of this study combines naturalistic inquiry method and the constant comparison technique to present the main enablers and barriers of knowledge sharing. Research findings The structure of different teams based on occupations creates the essence of the situation in which sharing knowledge between individuals from a different team is difficult. Each team learns and accepts new information from outside of the organisation following occupational professionalism and interests. These interests towards profession-related knowledge help knowledge sharing within the same team as supporting team members to perform their jobs better and use the same channels to share the ideas. Furthermore, the open-minded attitude of informants indicates the willingness of learning and sharing new knowledge with others. Although knowledge is shared within the team, it is still stuck to each team or department, thereby prompting a need for support to share the knowledge over the wall. However, the lack of strategic support from management and the conservative time-control culture have created a negative impact on knowledge-sharing activities as an environmental background. Managerial support is crucial for promoting knowledge sharing within the organisation because it affects not only the policy and regulations but also the organisational culture.