PICMET
Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering
& Technology
Portland, OR 97207-0751
USA Tel: +1 503-725-3525
Fax: +1 503-725-4667
E-Mail: info@picmet.org
Web: https://www.picmet.org
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TUTORIAL:
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Michael M. Beyerlein, University of North Texas, United States
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Capital represents resources – either tangible or intangible. Organizations rely on both but traditionally and formally have focused on the tangible – financial and physical assets. Although intangible resources have clearly been recognized and manipulated informally throughout history, deliberate attention to their role in the organization has only emerged in the past decade. Intellectual capital has been the primary focus, perhaps because of the transformation of the economy to a knowledge-based system. However, a large number of other types of intangible capital have been described in research journals, including: social, relationship, political, customer, organizational, human, structural, process, knowledge, market, innovation, and collaborative. Intangible forms can be converted into tangible forms and into other intangible forms. The production of capital in any of its forms depends on competencies at the individual, group, organizational, and inter-organizational levels. In this tutorial, we will focus on the design of organizations where collaboration is a core competency and how that enables the generation of capital in a number of forms, including intellectual, social, and financial, by leveraging existing resources across boundaries. The principles of collaborative organization will be illustrated through an exercise that enables participants to identify ways collaboration generates various forms of capital in their organizations.
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