Strategic linking of human resources management and knowledge management practices amongst MSC status companies in Malaysia: enhancing organizational competitiveness

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the relationships exist between (a) HRM practices; (b) KM practices and (c) organizational competitiveness. In addition, this study also researches whether the use of HRM/KM within the firm leads to the creation of organizational competitiveness bet...

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Main Author: Raja Kasim, Raja Suzana
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2006
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59722/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59722/1/495.pdf
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description The purpose of this study is to determine whether the relationships exist between (a) HRM practices; (b) KM practices and (c) organizational competitiveness. In addition, this study also researches whether the use of HRM/KM within the firm leads to the creation of organizational competitiveness between organization that practice HRM/KM and those that do not. A survey is conducted amongst MSC status organizations to determine a common practice of KM and to determine the degree of practices of both HRM/KM. The study determines the relationship between each pair of HRM/KM practices as well organizational competitiveness levels. Organizational competitiveness is assessed by an established measure which integrate the types of innovation and types of performance measures subjectively, namely; comparative performance measure and internal performance measure. HRM/KM practices are assessed from middle level managers both in the area of HRM and non HRM. Result of this research found that there is a positive relationship between HRM/KM practices and organizational competitiveness. Also, results indicate that there are significant differences in the perception of KM/HRM practices among various MSC status organizations, which had KM in place and those that do not.
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spelling upm-597222018-03-21T02:12:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59722/ Strategic linking of human resources management and knowledge management practices amongst MSC status companies in Malaysia: enhancing organizational competitiveness Raja Kasim, Raja Suzana The purpose of this study is to determine whether the relationships exist between (a) HRM practices; (b) KM practices and (c) organizational competitiveness. In addition, this study also researches whether the use of HRM/KM within the firm leads to the creation of organizational competitiveness between organization that practice HRM/KM and those that do not. A survey is conducted amongst MSC status organizations to determine a common practice of KM and to determine the degree of practices of both HRM/KM. The study determines the relationship between each pair of HRM/KM practices as well organizational competitiveness levels. Organizational competitiveness is assessed by an established measure which integrate the types of innovation and types of performance measures subjectively, namely; comparative performance measure and internal performance measure. HRM/KM practices are assessed from middle level managers both in the area of HRM and non HRM. Result of this research found that there is a positive relationship between HRM/KM practices and organizational competitiveness. Also, results indicate that there are significant differences in the perception of KM/HRM practices among various MSC status organizations, which had KM in place and those that do not. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2006 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59722/1/495.pdf Raja Kasim, Raja Suzana (2006) Strategic linking of human resources management and knowledge management practices amongst MSC status companies in Malaysia: enhancing organizational competitiveness. In: Knowledge Management International Conference & Exhibition (KMICE 2006), 6-8 June 2006, Legend Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (pp. 495-503).
spellingShingle Raja Kasim, Raja Suzana
Strategic linking of human resources management and knowledge management practices amongst MSC status companies in Malaysia: enhancing organizational competitiveness
title Strategic linking of human resources management and knowledge management practices amongst MSC status companies in Malaysia: enhancing organizational competitiveness
title_full Strategic linking of human resources management and knowledge management practices amongst MSC status companies in Malaysia: enhancing organizational competitiveness
title_fullStr Strategic linking of human resources management and knowledge management practices amongst MSC status companies in Malaysia: enhancing organizational competitiveness
title_full_unstemmed Strategic linking of human resources management and knowledge management practices amongst MSC status companies in Malaysia: enhancing organizational competitiveness
title_short Strategic linking of human resources management and knowledge management practices amongst MSC status companies in Malaysia: enhancing organizational competitiveness
title_sort strategic linking of human resources management and knowledge management practices amongst msc status companies in malaysia: enhancing organizational competitiveness
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59722/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59722/1/495.pdf