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Improving knowledge transfers in student engineering teams through the application of the InKTI – Interdepartmental Knowledge Transfer Improvement method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Monika Klippert ,
Robert Stolpmann  and
Albert Albers
Monika Klippert*
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Robert Stolpmann
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Albert Albers
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
*
monika.klippert@kit.edu

Abstract

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Managing knowledge successfully is key for an organization to increase its innovative potential. The InKTI method supports the improvement of knowledge transfers in product and production engineering. To ensure acceptance, applicability, and contribution to success in practice, it is necessary to validate the InKTI method. This paper focuses on evaluating the contribution to success in a Live-Lab study with student engineering teams. Based on the results two consecutive field studies have been conducted to evaluate not only the success but also support, and applicability of the InKTI method.

Keywords

knowledge managementknowledge sharingproduct and production engineeringmethodimprovement
Type
Design Education
Information
Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 2875 - 2884
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