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Knowledge Management in a Political Context: A Case Study About the Members of the German Bundestag

MITTELSTÄDT, René Marcel

Basic information

Original name

Knowledge Management in a Political Context: A Case Study About the Members of the German Bundestag

Name in Czech

Management znalostí v politickém kontextu: případová studie o členech německého Bundestagu

Name (in English)

Knowledge Management in a Political Context: A Case Study About the Members of the German Bundestag

Authors

MITTELSTÄDT, René Marcel

Edition

Cham, Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics. Vol. 22, p. 93-107, 15 pp. 2022

Publisher

Springer

Other information

Language

Czech

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

50200 5.2 Economics and Business

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

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Organization unit

University of Finance and Administration

ISBN

978-3-030-94671-5

DOI

Keywords (in Czech)

krizový management, data, znalostní management, poslanci, tvorba politik

Keywords in English

crisis management; data; knowledge management; Members of Parliament; policymaking

Tags

Změněno: 10/6/2024 09:56, Mgr. Jitka Štruncová

Abstract

ORIG EN

V originále

This paper investigates how Members of the German Bundestag manage their individual knowledge relevant for policy-making, using original data collected in a standardized quantitative online-survey in early 2021. About five per cent of the 709 Members of Parliament from all seven parties currently represented responded, granting a first insight into a western parliament. The main points of the survey dealt with the prior knowledge of the MPs, their familiarization phase, the support from the parties and the parliamentary administration and the organization of the MPs' offices. The results support earlier research which stated that knowledge in parliaments tends to be tacit, informal and not recorded. Only 37 percent of the MPs felt well prepared for their future tasks when they took office. Only 25 percent received an orderly handover by their predecessor. Accordingly, 97 percent of those questioned agreed with the thesis that loss of knowledge within parliament is a major problem. I conclude that knowledge is not systematically archived and evaluated in current politics. This is a disadvantage, especially for inexperienced MPs. Building on this, I discuss a first proposal for a political knowledge management model.

In English

This paper investigates how Members of the German Bundestag manage their individual knowledge relevant for policy-making, using original data collected in a standardized quantitative online-survey in early 2021. About five per cent of the 709 Members of Parliament from all seven parties currently represented responded, granting a first insight into a western parliament. The main points of the survey dealt with the prior knowledge of the MPs, their familiarization phase, the support from the parties and the parliamentary administration and the organization of the MPs' offices. The results support earlier research which stated that knowledge in parliaments tends to be tacit, informal and not recorded. Only 37 percent of the MPs felt well prepared for their future tasks when they took office. Only 25 percent received an orderly handover by their predecessor. Accordingly, 97 percent of those questioned agreed with the thesis that loss of knowledge within parliament is a major problem. I conclude that knowledge is not systematically archived and evaluated in current politics. This is a disadvantage, especially for inexperienced MPs. Building on this, I discuss a first proposal for a political knowledge management model.