Purpose

The Monieson Centre strives to bridge research and practice to benefit academic, business, government, and community audiences. By drawing together leading researchers, the Centre helps organizations and communities discover how to harness and enhance their knowledge capital. Research teams conduct studies for client organizations, focusing on complex issues related to organizations and the knowledge economy. The Centre then translates these research findings into practice-based recommendations. The research upholds the standards of academic rigour while providing results that are pertinent to practitioners. The Centre's staff broker and coordinate these research projects, share new knowledge with others through academic and practitioner channels, and assist both the public and private sectors in effectively transforming knowledge into value.

Working directly with partner organizations, executives and academics locally and internationally, the research teams delve deeply into issues of critical importance to management today. The Centre's expertise is available to businesses, institutions and communities in Ontario and around the world.

The Monieson Centre's innovative methods have earned many firsts - Queen's School of Business was the first Canadian business school to be awarded a Visiting Fulbright Scholarship; the Centre introduced the first annual Knowledge Management Doctoral Consortium; and the Centre was the first to focus exclusively on the management of knowledge-based enterprises.  The Monieson Centre's strategy is in keeping with the strategy of Queen's School of Business which fosters innovation and academic excellence.  Knowledge has become the final frontier for effective differentiation.  An organization's knowledge capital is its competitive edge.

The importance of the Centre's collaborative, applied research was outlined at the Principal's Installation Symposium in October 2009.  A presentation of the Centre's mission and activities was provided at the November 2009 Queen's School of Business Faculty Forum.

Benefits for client organizations include:

• Access to top researchers
• Productive research partnerships
• Applied research leading to deep insights
• Root cause analysis for effective problem resolutions

Benefits for researchers include:

• Opportunities to work with other leading international researchers
• A flexible and comprehensive collaborative resarch model
• Data to support publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Administrative and research assistance
• Increased productivity