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Ítem STRETCHING THE CONCEPT OF BOUNDARY IN BOUNDARY CRITIQUE(56th Annual Proceedings of ISSS, 2012-01-01) Velez, Jorge Ivan; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesThe way in which boundary is marked around an issue, determines the way in which we understand, approach and intervene in such an issue. Stretching the way in which we understand the concept of boundary can expand our understanding of how to...Ítem Intellectual capital as strategy to develop dynamic smes. a proposal model for Colombian SMEs(ACAD CONFERENCES LTD, 2017-01-01) Murcia-Rivera, Cecilia; Bueno-Campos, Eduardo; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesThis paper seeks to contribute in the search for mechanisms that support firms in facing the challenges, uncertainty, and turbulence that characterize the markets in which they compete. Specifically, this work focuses on small and medium enterprises (SMEs), given their relevance at the international level, for their contribution to GDP and employment creation. Particularly, because of their smaller size and low possession of tangible resources, they are vulnerable to the risks of the economic cycle. This forces them to develop capabilities to cope with these challenges and ensures their survival in the long term. In this sense, the development of an adaptive dynamic capability constitutes one of the alternatives to achieve this. Given that these capabilities are located within the intangible assets of the organization, this work proposes, their combination as variables of the Intellectus Model components in which are integrated to achieve the required organizational "dynamization". Based on a review of the literature of the dynamic capabilities and intellectual capital approach, this research proposes the variables of the main components of intellectual related with adaptive capability of organization . This results in a model adapted to the specific conditions of the Colombian SMEs, allowing its dynamization and adaptation to highly changing environments.Ítem The CAMBRIA case: Learning through experience(UNIV POLITECNICA VALENCIA, 2017-01-01) Escalante, Juan Esteban; Aguilar-Barrientos, Sara; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesExperiential learning contributes to the development of thought-related abilities, such as critical thinking and creative thinking. This article evinces the contribution of this theoretical and conceptual proposal through a specific experience with the CAMBRIA project, a solar electric vehicle built at Universidad EAFIT, that potentiated aspects related to multidisciplinary work amongst undergraduate students and, in turn, brought about pedagogical changes at the Institution. CAMBRIA opened a panorama for exploring new alternatives in the teaching-learning process and, through participation in non-simulated activities, led to the restatement of certain core aspects of the University's educational activities. An analysis of this topic also leads to the formulation of a learning and competency acquisition model. Finally, project results and conclusions are presented, which include elements derived from the proposed model and testimonies from some of the participating students, who were interviewed in depth.Ítem Creativity and job tension in experiential learning(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019-01-01) Roman-Calderon J.P.; Acevedo-Jaramillo M.E.; Escalante J.E.; Arias A.; Aguilar-Barrientos S.; Barbosa J.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesThis work-in-progress research paper presents a study on employability skills. Employability or soft skills refer to personality traits, attitudes and behavior that are complementary to professional knowledge. These skills are part of a series of competencies that are intertwined with the engineer's technical work [1]. A high percentage of job success depends on employability skills [2]. A gap exists between the attributes of engineering graduates and company requirements [3]. Experiential learning can develop a myriad of skills required by the workplace. Universidad EAFIT, located in Medellin (Colombia), has developed an experiential learning program called KRATOS. KRATOS was sent an invitation to participate in an international competition that implied designing and building a solar/electric powered vehicle. Think creatively is a competency that is important for engineering practice across areas, disciplines and countries [1]. Although student competitions that include design activities may enhance a passion for engineering, they can also have negative emotional consequences [4] (i.e. job tension). Using the structural equation modeling technique, the authors of this study analyzed the responses of 334 undergraduate students. The results of the study indicate that job tension significantly decreased over time, whereas no significant change was detected in terms of creativity. © 2018 IEEE.Ítem Boundary games: A language and intention based framework for boundary critique(2011-01-01) Velez-Castiblanco, J.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesExploring ways to understand the boundary of a problematic situation is fundamental to intervention. The boundary draws a difference between what is relevant and what is not relevant for the problem situation. In other words, it points out what it is and is not the system. Boundary Critique Theory, has used the notion of boundary to built ways to examine and reflect critically about the intervention process. It has developed ways to manage situations such as conflict, exclusion and the generation of reasonable discourse among the participants. These developments use ideas from sources such as critical theory, pragmatic philosophy, sociology, biology and cybernetics. This paper contributes to the range of theories informing Boundary Critique by adding a framework of Boundary Games. The framework is based on Wittgenstein's Language Games and Relevance Theory (a theory from Language Pragmatics). It shows new ways to reflect on the actions and language on a setting. Particularly, it proposes six possible "moves", intentions or games in relation to the boundary. The framework implies a shift in how the boundary is usually managed in Boundary Critique, from a boundary that shapes our actions towards a boundary that is shaped by every action.Ítem Creativity and job tension in experiential learning(IEEE, 2018-01-01) Pablo Roman-Calderon, Juan; Esteban Acevedo-Jaramillo, Manuel; Esteban Escalante, Juan; Arias, Alejandro; Aguilar-Barrientos, Sara; Barbosa, Jaime; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesThis work-in-progress research paper presents a study on employability skills. Employability or soft skills refer to personality traits, attitudes and behavior that are complementary to professional knowledge. These skills are part of a series of competencies that are intertwined with the engineer's technical work [1]. A high percentage of job success depends on employability skills [2]. A gap exists between the attributes of engineering graduates and company requirements [3]. Experiential learning can develop a myriad of skills required by the workplace. Universidad EAFIT, located in Medellin (Colombia), has developed an experiential learning program called KRATOS. KRATOS was sent an invitation to participate in an international competition that implied designing and building a solar/ electric powered vehicle. Think creatively is a competency that is important for engineering practice across areas, disciplines and countries [1]. Although student competitions that include design activities may enhance a passion for engineering, they can also have negative emotional consequences [4] (i.e. job tension). Using the structural equation modeling technique, the authors of this study analyzed the responses of 334 undergraduate students. The results of the study indicate that job tension significantly decreased over time, whereas no significant change was detected in terms of creativity.Ítem A model for risk analysis in the process of building a knowledge cluster in Colombia(2011-01-01) Paniagua, J.V.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesIn such a competitive world, where companies face new challenges every day, clusters, defined as strategies that dynamize national, regional or world economic growth, have become a space leading to knowledge creation, ownership, transferring and diffusion inside companies. This strategy represents a growing source for companies and cities as much as they allow companies belonging to a common sector group into business networks, also, they can spot new business opportunities and become more competitive and sustainable. Knowledge clusters involve different agents from diverse nature such as governmental, private, industrial, educational or entrepreneurial. In other words, these represent a space where demandants (companies) and knowledge offerors (universities, research institutes, consulting groups, etc) interact.These clusters' main goal is to support knowledge creation, ownership, and application processes which can lead to a better development of competitiveness among companies by means of creating a dynamic exchange of information among the companies belonging to the cluster. This paper aims at presenting a model for risk analysis in the process of building a knowledge cluster between private companies and high education institutions (IES*) from a qualitative point of view. This methodology has been used in a process of building a knowledge cluster in Colombia.Ítem The Need for Exploring Alternatives in Systemic Intervention: Two "Intentional" Arguments(56th Annual Proceedings of ISSS, 2009-01-01) Velez-Castiblanco, J.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesA recurrent guideline in many of the systems approaches to intervention is the need for exploring different alternatives. This guideline is present despite the different types of tools, the different paradigms or the arguments behind it...Ítem The need for exploring alternatives in systemic intervention: Two "intentional" arguments(2009-01-01) Vélez-Castiblanco, J.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesA recurrent guideline in many of the systems approaches to intervention is the need for exploring different alternatives. This guideline is present despite the different types of tools, the different paradigms or the arguments behind it. The purpose of this paper is not to contradict this, but to provide new arguments to this need that can be applied to the whole range of tools. The arguments shown here use ideas from language pragmatics and a combination of philosophy of action and complexity theory. What is central to the arguments presented is the concern with the intentions of the agents. In light of those, it is claimed that the advantages in the exploration of alternatives are hindered if they are not used in an intentional way.Ítem Decision making methodology to support the project implementation of knowledge management in business(2012-01-01) Paniagua, J.A.V.; Crespo, J.M.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesNormally the decision to implement investment projects in companies has an orientation toward a goal: prioritization of technical/financial (profit maximization or cost minimization), although there are other important objectives for the company. In this case, it is assumed that the other objectives are implied in the central objective. Because of this, objectives leading to non-profitable goals are often underestimated (such as managerial, coordinating, organizational, human, cultural, among others), which often leads to mistakes in the implementation stage of projects. In Knowledge Management (KM) Projects something similar can occur since important aspects can be ignored and this can help avoiding mistakes in their execution. Thus, some authors believe that when it comes to decision-making processes with different objectives, centralized tools or techniques on a single target are not the most relevant. Because of this, since the nineteen seventies, decision-making tools under multi objective or multi criteria approach have been developed. These tools allow a broader and comprehensive decision-making process in companies. In this sense, this paper proposes a methodology for guiding multi criteria decision-making processes to support the implementation of KM projects in companies. The method considers the stages of a decision-making process, besides the usage of multi objective analysis techniques. The proposed methodology gives a comprehensive view of decision-making, using qualitative and quantitative tools to support the implementation of KM projects in companies. The proposal stems from a reflexive qualitative research on the processes of implementation of KM in Colombian companies.Ítem Intention in intervention: A conceptual model(International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), 2013-01-01) Velez-Castiblanco, J.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesIntentions serve multiple roles in human action. They help in making sense of our actions and those of others, and on this basis, coordination is possible. They cause, guide and sustain our actions. Additionally, they are about the present when we do act intentionally, but also they are about the future when we intend to do something later. From the aforementioned characteristics, it can be argued that intentions have a fundamental part in organizational interventions. Based on this assumption the paper proposes a model to make use of intentions in interventions. It aims to help in describing, conducting and learning about intervention processes. The model uses the graphical language advanced by the Soft Systems Methodology. The concept of intention and the assembling of the model, draw from Philosophies of Action, Language and Explanation and by the Theories of Relevance, Boundary Critique, and Complex Adaptive Systems.Ítem Methodology for Implementing a Collective Intelligence Creation Model in Business Networks(ACAD CONFERENCES LTD, 2012-01-01) Martinez Crespo, Jenny; Vasquez Paniagua, Jose Alfredo; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesImplementing KM projects in companies normally aims at achieving better business performance in terms of quality of goods and services, reducing operation costs, improving production processes, optimizing physical resources and human talent, improving revenues and, appropriation and transmission of knowledge among the organization's employees, etc. Riesco states that implementing these kinds of projects has usually failed because of the trend to focus more on technical aspects and processes than on culture and people. That is to say that, people have given priority to projects' operational issues, the required technology, physical infrastructure and processes; relevant issues like cultural change and organizational adaptation to the requirements demanded by these new ways of thinking and operating have been left aside. In other words, we may find that in KM projects, processes of planning and execution are more relevant than matters that demand time and effort to the organization (e. g. structural, cultural and strategic changes). One possible consequence of not considering these issues could be individual and collective multiple barriers to the project's implementation or its failure. The risk of failing is higher if we take into consideration that some of these projects are not necessarily the result of long term strategic developments but contingent responses to desires, market demands, competitor or client requirements, or simply some executive's training process. That lack of awareness of the importance of culture and people can make organizations focus its efforts on operative environments, ignoring the side effects that may emerge; this may bring unpredictable results and hinder operation and control of the project. In this sense, it is undeniable the need to address human affairs, culture, strategy and structure in implementing KM projects, especially if we consider processes of action and collective creation of knowledge in organizations. Consistent with this, this article aims at presenting a methodology for the implementation of a model for building collective intelligence in business networks. This proposal is supported by the model to create collective intelligence in business networks designed by Martinez and Vasquez (2011). The article presents the processes to be followed to implement the model in a trade group, association, cluster or business network. The article details the elements required for the implementation of the model in each of its phases: internal diagnosis, external diagnosis, planning and execution, and condensing results(1). The methodology favors implementing the model; it makes possible to obtain measurable results in terms of its impact on any organization, analyzing the feasibility of improvement or adjustments to it and a more practical appropriation of what the collective intelligence creation model intends.Ítem Stretching the concept of boundary in boundary critique(2012-01-01) Velez-Castiblanco, J.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesThe way in which boundary is marked around an issue, determines the way in which we understand, approach and intervene in such an issue. Stretching the way in which we understand the concept of boundary can expand our understanding of how to approach interventions in themselves. This paper proposes to contribute to understanding of boundary in Boundary Critique in two ways. First, by showing that those bounds can be understood as flexible and changing with every interaction of the actors. Second by showing that what is left outside of the limit defines the meaning of what is inside. The arguments draw from philosophy and pragmatics of language.Ítem Methodology for implementing a collective intelligence creation model in business networks(2012-01-01) Crespo, J.M.; Paniagua, J.A.V.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Administración; Administración y OrganizacionesImplementing KM projects in companies normally aims at achieving better business performance in terms of quality of goods and services, reducing operation costs, improving production processes, optimizing physical resources and human talent, improving revenues and, appropriation and transmission of knowledge among the organization's employees, etc. Riesco states that implementing these kinds of projects has usually failed because of the trend to focus more on technical aspects and processes thanon culture and people. That is to say that, people have given priority to projects' operational issues, the required technology, physical infrastructure and processes; relevant issues like cultural change and organizational adaptation to the requirements demanded by these new ways of thinking and operating have been left aside. In other words, we may find that in KM projects, processes of planning andexecution are more relevant than matters that demand time and effort to the organization (e.g. structural, cultural and strategic changes). One possible consequence of not considering these issues could be individual and collective multiple barriers to the project's implementation or its failure. The risk of failing is higher if we take into consideration that some of these projects are not necessarily theresult of long term strategic developments but contingent responses to desires, market demands, competitor or client requirements, or simply some executive's training process. That lack of awareness of the importance of culture and people can make organizations focus its efforts on operative environments, ignoring the side effects that may emerge; this may bring unpredictable results and hinder operation and control of the project. In this sense, it is undeniable the need toaddress human affairs, culture, strategy and structure in implementing KM projects, especially if we consider processes ofaction and collective creation of knowledge in organizations. Consistent with this, this article aimsat presenting amethodology for the implementation of a model for building collective intelligence in business networks. This proposal issupported by the model to create collective intelligence in business networks designed by Martinez and Vasquez (2011). The article presents the processes to be followedto implement the model in a trade group, association, cluster or business network. The article details the elements required for the implementation of the model in each of its phases: internaldiagnosis, external diagnosis, planning and execution, and condensing results 1. The methodology favors implementing the model; it makes possible to obtain measurable results in terms of its impact on any organization, analyzing the feasibility of improvement or adjustments to it and a more practical appropriationof what the collective intelligence creation model intends.