2006 Awards for Excellence

Citation

(2006), "2006 Awards for Excellence", Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 7 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/jic.2006.25007daa.002

2006 Awards for Excellence

2006 Awards for Excellence

The following article was selected for this year’s Outstanding Paper Award for Journal of Intellectual Capital

‘‘An integrated framework for visualising capital’’

Christina Boedker University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia James GuthrieUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaSuresh CuganesanMacquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to trace the techniques and consulting methods developed and deployed by an Australian project team during an investigation of a client organisation’s intellectual capital management, measurement and reporting (ICMMR) practices. The article aims to highlight the benefits of adopting an integrated approach to investigating intellectual capital (IC) and proposes the intellectual capital value creation (ICVC) framework as an analytical model for extending the breadth and depth of existing management consulting and research practices into ICMMR.Design/methodology/approach – The methods deployed by the project team during the consulting project included semi-structured interviews and content analyses. Furthermore, the ICVC framework was developed and deployed as an analytical model to facilitate the investigation of the client organisation’s ICMMR practices.Findings – To the client organisation, the ICVC framework proved beneficial in that it enabled senior management to visualise their knowledge resources and how these contribute to organisational value creation. To the project team, the ICVC framework facilitated the identification of organisational knowledge management gaps, highlighting weaknesses in the client organisation’s utilisation of its knowledge resources. The framework provides a structured approach for investigating organisations’ ICMMR practices and locating and analysing these within a strategic context.Originality/value – The paper highlights to management consultants and others the importance of investigating client organisations’ ICMMR practices in an integrated manner and demonstrates to organisations the strategic significance of making ‘‘visible’’ their invisible sources of value creation.

Keywords: Australia, Intellectual capital, Knowledge management, Management consultancy, Project teams, Research methodswww.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14691930510628799 www.emeraldinsight.com/authors

The following article was selected for this year’s Highly Commended Award

‘‘No longer ‘out of sight, out of mind’: intellectual capital approach in AssetEconomics LLP and Accenture Inc.’’

R.J. BurgmanG. RoosJ.J. BallowR.J. Thomas

This article originally appeared in Volume 6 Number 4, 2005, Journal of Intellectual Capitalwww.emeraldinsight.com/authors