Knowledge

Un projet vaste comme l'avait souligné Catherine Thomas de
Rodige (CNRS) : "nous devons bâtir une solution de knowledge management pour
favoriser le partenariat entre les firmes et les institutions de recherche dans
le domaine des télécommunications. Nous devons pour cela réussir aussi
à capturer le savoir-faire des firmes et des labos en matière de partenariat :
les procédures, les finalités, les éléments pris en compte."

In modern management practices there is a term
and process called Catchball

which
originated from a planning process known as Hoshin Kanari. Catchball is


defined as:

“a communication process in which parties
engage in a series of

information exchanges about the means for
achieving a particular objective. The

purpose
for the exchange is to build consensus around the best approach for


achieving an objective. Catchball is based on
the belief that the best approach

will
evolve from the back and forth exchange of information between the
person

who is
responsible for achieving the objective and the persons who will be most


influential in achieving it. The secondary
benefit from using catchball is a

higher
degree of commitment to achieve the objective.”