The enterprise has been in interested in sustainment of competitivity predomination with core competence and has stressed the relationship between R&D management with core technology competence and business strategy especially in the field of R&D. After the third generation R&D management was introduced, R&D activity is not a black box, become a tool of managing performance of business. However, It is insufficient in the point that we didn't manage and evaluate the technology as knowledge asset.
This study focuses on how to manage the knowledge efficiently, For this purpose this suggests new R&D management model that integrates knowledge process and system, and also verified this through performing pilot project. 1) knowledge cycle : knowledge acquisition, creation, store, use. 2) Organizing infrastructure : strategy, culture, knowledge worker, structure, evaluation system etc. 3) Technological infrastructure : network, collaborative system, data base etc.
The major contribution value of this study is that firstly it is presenting the theoretical back ground of knowledge management on the review of related literatures and verifying model through case study. the contents of the case study are below
1) identifying the knowledge conversion process. 2) the organizational infrastructure :the purposeful R&D, learning organization, evaluation system. 3) Knowledge management system using information technology in connection with collaborative system and engineering data base etc.
The key factor introducing this model which presented by case study ahead is 1) firstly defining the goal of project adaptable to the purpose of business strategy with support from top manager, 2)secondly defining the knowledge conversion process and facilitating the organizational and techonological support accordingly. 3)And enhancing the learning activity continuously to maintain the value of knowledge contents and evaluate the performance of it's value.
I think this kind of study must be magnified in the line of strengthening the core competence of whole business system to acquire sustainable competitivity. And I expect the future direction of these kinds of researches should be magnified to production and marketing fields as well as R&D fields.
