Research On The Knowledge Creation During The Complex Product Development Process

Knowledge as the core resource in the era of knowledge-economy,one of its characteristics is the ability to generate great value . Knowledge is viable , which reflect on both the value of the results on knowledge creation, but also in the process of knowledge creation of value. As one of the key links to knowledge management , knowledge creation increasingly become one of the important way of enterprise to enhance the core competitiveness and promote sustainable development and keep the industry leader.As a typical knowledge-intensive activities , to create new products and new knowledge is the basic content of Complex Product Development (CoPD).For the topic of this paper, predecessors have done some research. The literature were studied in complex product development and knowledge creation separately,especially for its processes, methods and characteristics are studied in detai.However,how to combine the two in order to better understand the knowledge creation of complex product development process, lack of depth and systematic analysis; The existing literature, especially in domestic research, for the exploration of knowledge creation, most followed the Japanese scholars Nonaka's SECI model of knowledge transfer, and then expand it .When it comes to the knowledge creation mechanism , either is not mention or involves, but lack of systematic theoretical support, was not able to resolve the substance of the issue; In addition, domestic and international research on the relationship between the complex product development process and the knowledge creation process is unclear. Also, on the behavior nature of knowledge creation understanding has yet to be further defined.Firstly,we studying on the concept of complex products, complex product development and knowledge creation, analyzing the seven stages of development projects of complex product development which based on superposition of the engineering thinking, and learning the knowledge creation process in it; Then based on self-organization theory, we studying the core of the complex product development - complex product development team, integrating the Dissipative structure theory, Synergetics theory and others to analysis the environment and dynamic mechanism of the organization in knowledge creation process development;On this basis, using the catastrophe theory to explain the knowledge creation behavior in the complex product development , supposing two mutation paths as warp and gradual to create new knowledge and the gradual transition, and exploring the gray area between the two mode. Finally, to promote knowledge creation in complex product development, we proposing some strategic recommendations. In this paper, we analyzed these aspects of knowledge creation process in the complex product development, the influence mechanisms and models, to provide new research ideas for the industry's complex product development research and practice.