There are many significant differences in the extent to which high- and low-performing companies
in various categories have implemented organizational innovations and new knowledge
management practices. Our analysis first focuses on the relationship between organizational
innovations and new knowledge management practices, on the one hand, and objective performance
indicators on the other. The most significant differences in the application of organizational
restructuring practices can be found between high and low performers in the category of
innovativeness. Concerning this indicator, high performers have introduced technological foresight,
semi-autonomous work groups, reduced layers of bureaucratic structures, job enrichment and
external competitive benchmarking much more often than low performers. High-performing
companies with respect to the share of exports of turnover have introduced technological foresight,
trans-functional design teams and job rotation more often than low performers in this category. On
the other hand, the performance criterion of turnover per person hardly produces significant
differences concerning the introduction of organizational innovations and new management