01302nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003100001600044245007300060300001200133490000600145520101700151       2007                            d1 aIsto Huvila00aKnowledge and Policy Decisions: Concept Management for Organisations  a123-1320 v63 aEventual problems of knowledge transfer and sharing are usually dependent on a variety of factors. The troubles may be a consequence of a lack of trust, willingness to cooperate, difficulties in communication or a lack of a shared frame of reference. The last mentioned problem has been identified to be an especially prominent issue in the interface between expert and policy work. The findings of the present investigation on this precise issue suggests that a central source of difficulties may be a discrepancy of the critical concepts, which form the basis of the core knowledge, which is attempted to be shared. This study proposes the adoption of explicit concept management as a framework to manage and anticipate forthcoming changes of the central concepts, which are critical to the sharing of knowledge and the success of an organisation. The study is based on a qualitative empirical investigation conducted in Finland and in Sweden in the context of cultural heritage administration professionals.