Towards Knowledge Management for Explorers: The Case of the Brisbane Airport Corporation

Timbrell, Gregory T. and Foth, Marcus and Hearn, Gregory N. (2006) Towards Knowledge Management for Explorers: The Case of the Brisbane Airport Corporation. In: Sixth International Conference on Knowledge Culture & Change in Organisations, 11-14 July, Prato, Italy.

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Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has recently been recognised as the world’s most efficient and customer focused privatised airport. Studying the corporate strategies and knowledge management issues faced by a company as successful as BAC holds important insights. This paper discusses four key characteristics which impact on BAC’s knowledge management strategy: First, corporate values are embedded in a strong culture that is built upon ‘win/win’ outcomes, operational flexibility, and consultative management. These values drive BAC’s strategy of maintaining a slim core, outsourcing, relationships building, and committing to shared risks and returns. BAC faces challenges of growth, exercise of influence on more with fewer, migration from control to culture, and migration from a value chain driven airport to a self-sustaining economic city. Second, BAC is exploratory by nature. An explorer meets new challenges afresh, is innovative, fluid, and populated by experienced and expert people who generate a constant flow of new ideas. Third, there is an increasing need to systematically capture and transfer competences across more people in the slim core. Fourth, BAC favours a personalisation strategy which is based in dialogue and the exchange of knowledge principally via people. It uses technology more as a communication device than a repository.

ID Code:	4767
Item Type:	Conference Paper
Keywords :	Knowledge Management, Aviation Industry, Relationship Management, Outsourcing
Subjects:	Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > COMMERCE MANAGEMENT TOURISM AND SERVICES (150000) > BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (150300) > Organisational Planning and Management (150312) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > COMMERCE MANAGEMENT TOURISM AND SERVICES (150000) > BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (150300) > Business Information Systems (150302) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > COMMERCE MANAGEMENT TOURISM AND SERVICES (150000) > TRANSPORTATION AND FREIGHT SERVICES (150700) > Air Transportation and Freight Services (150701) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > COMMERCE MANAGEMENT TOURISM AND SERVICES (150000) > BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (150300) > Innovation and Technology Management (150307)
Divisions:	QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Science and Technology QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Business QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Creative Industries
Deposited On:	10 Aug 2007
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2009 01:41

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