Companies which are active in Competitive Intelligence (CI) face the problem of accessing the
employees knowledge for specific inquiries. Most of the knowledge and of the intelligence
already exists within the company - however it is not available for the CI-department. This
study finds a solution for the problem by taking a view on the inner organization of CI- and
knowledge management. It creates a reference framework of strategic knowledge management called
the Knowledge House and gives the employees a context they can orientate towards. The objective
is to actively anchor the strategic cultivation of knowledge in the company which promotes
knowledge sharing. Beyond this strategic approach knowledge sharing from the employees view is
outlined. In addition it is also outlined what preconditions - which go beyond the
organizations influence - have to be set to make the employees work in a knowledge sharing-
promoting environment.
