Knowledge management readiness measurement: case study at institution of higher learning in Malaysia

An evaluation on organizational readiness for knowledge management (KM) process implementation is recommended before embarking on actual implementation. This study aims to measure the perceived KM readiness of a Malaysian higher education institution and to find the contributing factors of it....

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Main Authors: Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen, Nor Shahriza, Abdul Karim, Norshidah, Mohamed
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2011
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/34062/1/ICRIIS_2011_%281%29.pdf
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author Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen
Nor Shahriza, Abdul Karim
Norshidah, Mohamed
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Norshidah, Mohamed
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description An evaluation on organizational readiness for knowledge management (KM) process implementation is recommended before embarking on actual implementation. This study aims to measure the perceived KM readiness of a Malaysian higher education institution and to find the contributing factors of it. A model was developed and hypotheses were formulated. Data were collected from a sample of 46 academic staff using a survey. The findings shows that the institution is ready for KM process implementation, but only organizational strategy, ICT use, and performance expectancy of KM were became significant contributing factors out of seven factors proposed in the model. This study can be considered as the starting point for future studies in this area of KM and the proposed research framework might be applied in different settings and context to make it a robust.
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spelling iium-340622014-02-17T03:59:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34062/ Knowledge management readiness measurement: case study at institution of higher learning in Malaysia Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen Nor Shahriza, Abdul Karim Norshidah, Mohamed H Social Sciences (General) Z665 Library Science. Information Science An evaluation on organizational readiness for knowledge management (KM) process implementation is recommended before embarking on actual implementation. This study aims to measure the perceived KM readiness of a Malaysian higher education institution and to find the contributing factors of it. A model was developed and hypotheses were formulated. Data were collected from a sample of 46 academic staff using a survey. The findings shows that the institution is ready for KM process implementation, but only organizational strategy, ICT use, and performance expectancy of KM were became significant contributing factors out of seven factors proposed in the model. This study can be considered as the starting point for future studies in this area of KM and the proposed research framework might be applied in different settings and context to make it a robust. 2011-11-23 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34062/1/ICRIIS_2011_%281%29.pdf Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen and Nor Shahriza, Abdul Karim and Norshidah, Mohamed (2011) Knowledge management readiness measurement: case study at institution of higher learning in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Research and Innovation in Information Systems (ICRIIS), 2011, 23-24 November 2011, Kuala Lumpur. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6114272
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen
Nor Shahriza, Abdul Karim
Norshidah, Mohamed
Knowledge management readiness measurement: case study at institution of higher learning in Malaysia
title Knowledge management readiness measurement: case study at institution of higher learning in Malaysia
title_full Knowledge management readiness measurement: case study at institution of higher learning in Malaysia
title_fullStr Knowledge management readiness measurement: case study at institution of higher learning in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge management readiness measurement: case study at institution of higher learning in Malaysia
title_short Knowledge management readiness measurement: case study at institution of higher learning in Malaysia
title_sort knowledge management readiness measurement: case study at institution of higher learning in malaysia
topic H Social Sciences (General)
Z665 Library Science. Information Science
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/34062/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34062/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34062/1/ICRIIS_2011_%281%29.pdf