雖然像智慧組織或組織智商這樣的想法已並非新穎，但自提出後，都是一般性的論述，許多研究也以書籍形式提出一些個案分析與架構，整體而言極缺乏進一步的理論發展。在目前資訊科技快速發展，變的幾乎無所不在的環境下，與組織智商相關的想法與主張變的益形重要，需要進一步的理論發展，以協助組織能充分的利用資訊科技來產生績效。本三年期的計畫試圖發展一項所謂智慧組織的理論，探討資訊科技為何與如何能增進組織的智慧或智商，以進而提升企業的績效能耐，最終獲致較高的營運績效。本計畫一項獨特的觀點是將知識能力以時間取向區分為：過去的「組織記憶能力」；現在的「組織留神能力」；未來的「組織預見能力」。因此計畫的主要理論主張認為這三種能力的有效發展（運用或不運用資訊科技皆然）與組合，在組織面對不確定環境時，能幫助組織較即興運作與調適，以取得較高的營運績效。本計畫前兩年將著重在發展測量廠商層次的相關概念的量表，以及檢驗與調整理論主張所衍生的研究模型。第三年則將會將前兩年的成果延伸到跨組織層次中供應鏈的成對關係上。本計畫預期這三年的研究成果經能產生顯著的理論貢獻與實務意涵。 ;Although the idea of intelligent organization or organizational intelligence has been proposed and studied for some time, the research remains largely under-developed. The contribution is mainly in the form of anecdotal cases or books with various frameworks. The intelligence of organizations should become increasingly critical for performance with recent rapidly advanced information technology. This three-year project will attempt to develop a theory of intelligent organizations by linking IT-enabled knowledge competences with performance capabilities, which then lead to greater environmental fitness and thus higher performance. A distinct feature of the project’s approach is to include three dimensions of time-oriented knowledge competences: organizational memory for the past; organizational mindfulness for the present; and foresight for the future. The theoretical proposition is that the three time-oriented competences in combination will help organizations improvise and adapt when facing uncertain environments, and thus achieve higher performance. The first two years will develop the scales of the theoretical constructs and test the research models at the firm level. The third year will extend the results to the interfirm level by examining the dyadic relationship in supply chains. It is expected that the results of these three-year project will produce significant theoretical contributions and strong practical implications.
