The Sydney-based research group, a collaboration between DSTC and several faculties at the University of Technology Sydney, is currently working with the Job Futures network to gain a better understanding of issues surrounding organisational knowledge sharing and knowledge creation.

By conducting research within the real world environment of Job Futures, the KITE team gains practical insight into ICT and organisational issues which are fundamental to achieving the project’s research objectives. After conducting a workshop at the Job Futures national conference ‘Smart Technology and Staff Work Practice is Successful Organisations’ in November 2004, the team are carrying out field studies across Job Futures sites in Sydney focussed on understanding issues surrounding the development and maintenance of collaborative relationships.

For Job Futures, one of Australia’s largest not-for-profit employment services group, the benefits of involvement with the KITE team include recommendations for tools and work practices to improve teamwork, communication, and non-hierarchical networking across its network.

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