TY - JOUR AB - Discusses how short termism and downsizing respectively negate and disperse an organization’s knowledge base of past lessons. Stresses the importance of creating structures to capture memories which can help in evaluating proposals for the future. Highlights the usefulness of an ongoing assessment process, such as ISO 9000, for creating the shared experiences which form the building blocks or organizational memory. Presents two brief, illustrative case studies. VL - 8 IS - 3 SN - 0954-478X DO - 10.1108/09544789610118494 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789610118494 AU - Miyashiro Marc PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/01/01 TI - Maintaining organizational memories T2 - The TQM Magazine PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 61 EP - 62 Y2 - 2024/09/22 ER -