Management of intellectual capital development of an organization based on the system contradictions between its elements

Abstract

The paper aims to research intellectual capital elements composition with the consequent study of emerging contradictions, which allows obtaining the system picture of intellectual capital, its functioning mechanism, and applicability as a factor that forms and develops the knowledge-based economy. The author's approach to managing the development of intellectual capital, based on the usage of categorial-system methodology, is proposed as a key approach to solving the problem. With the help of a simple compensatory homeostat model, it is shown that successful development of intellectual capital is a product of efficient resolution of a conflict between two composing elements of the system object. The elements, being unstable by themselves, provide stability for the whole system. The applied model allowed getting knowledge about intellectual capital self-regulation mechanism, which is based on cross-interaction between two of its components. Considering possible combinations of feedback types, the feasible components' interaction modes have been determined. Possible development paths for intellectual capital, depending on the intercommunication mode types of the interaction, have been revealed. The paper materials could be used to form complex of program tools for federal, regional and local authorities, aiming to transform the social economic system and advance towards a knowledge-based economy.