正視未知的風險知識資產：以知識創造為中心的風險治理架構

Taking Seriously the Unknown Knowledge Asset of Risk: The Adaptive Risk Governance Framework of Knowledge Creation

歐陽瑜(Shirley Ouyang) ； 周桂田(Kuei-Tien Chou)

《政治與社會哲學評論》 58期 (2016/09) Pp. 1-51

https://doi.org/10.6523/168451532016090058001

摘要

在全球知識經濟的時代，管理跨界風險成為全世界國家與企業領袖共同面對的難題。傳統風險管理多採量化、化約主義分析模式，將風險視為一種客體，以控制、沖抵、忽視等不同方式管理風險，對風險多採取負面的觀點，很少將風險知識視作組織的知識資產。這種客觀的風險本體論觀點，在全球風險社會已不足以協助國家與組織馴服無孔不入的跨界風險。本文採社會建構論觀點，提出新的風險本體論主張：認為風險管理就是一種組織內未知風險知識的管理。本文以作業風險管理為例，提出以知識創造理論為中心之調適性風險治理架構。在理論上，此架構有助協調風險與發展的兩極對立；在實務上，有助於協助治理者進行跨層次的風險治理與整合調適，建立後設治理網絡。

關鍵字

風險治理 ； 跨界風險 ； 風險知識 ； 知識資產

並列摘要

Conventional rationalist problem solving seeks to eliminate uncertainty, ambivalence and interference from uncontrolled influences. This kind of problem solving often leads to unintended consequences, escalating problems due to transboundary risk. In this paper, we outline a social constructive perspective that deals with the problems of ignoring risks and the fallacies of risk management. We suggest that knowledge management and risk management could be two sides of the same coin. We propose a new ontological claim of risk that knowledge management could be adopted to unfold the unknown risk asset in an organization. In order to reconcile the dilemma of development and risk, we suggest a new adaptive risk governance framework in terms of knowledge creation. Theoretically, this framework provides contribution to transform the past negative risk perception as a competing concept to development. Practically, the framework also provides a second-order knowledge network in multi-layer, cross-layer organizations for the integration of organizational knowledge assets. Through a dynamic participatory risk knowledge creation process from organizations to countries, the proposed framework could facilitate the increased unfolding of embedded systemic risk.

並列關鍵字

risk governance ； transboundary risk ； risk knowledge ； knowledge asset

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