Nexus Among Knowledge Management, Organisational Ambidexterity, Innovation Capability, And Manufacturing Performance: A Study In Ir4.0 Focus Sectors

Malaysia’s manufacturing sector is one of the main contributors to its GDP, but its growth rate has declined over the past few years. Challenge by neighbouring countries with lower labour costs, it has to improve its productivity by upskilling its human resources and adopting advanced manufacturing...

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Main Author: Cheah, Seng Cheong
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Language:English
Published: 2023
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description Malaysia’s manufacturing sector is one of the main contributors to its GDP, but its growth rate has declined over the past few years. Challenge by neighbouring countries with lower labour costs, it has to improve its productivity by upskilling its human resources and adopting advanced manufacturing technologies that the fourth industrial revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) can offer. Realising the need to increase the adoption and diffusion of this new knowledge, the Malaysian government introduced two IR4.0 blueprints to facilitate the adoption of these advanced technologies. This research set out to investigate the relationship between knowledge management (KM), innovation capability (IC), organisational ambidexterity (OA) and manufacturing performance (MP) within this era. Large manufacturing firms from five IR4.0 focus sectors were selected for this study, and an online survey was carried out to gather the data. A total of 145 firms responded. IBM SPSS and Smart-PLS software were used for statistical analysis. The study reveals that OA and external knowledge sourcing (EKS) is key to achieving a better MP. Likewise, EKS and OA also positively impact IC. EKS, knowledge sharing (KS) and knowledge protection (KP) provide the basis of an ambidextrous organisation. EKS, KS, and KP were also found to impact IC and MP indirectly through OA.
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spelling usm-602612024-03-25T01:22:09Z http://eprints.usm.my/60261/ Nexus Among Knowledge Management, Organisational Ambidexterity, Innovation Capability, And Manufacturing Performance: A Study In Ir4.0 Focus Sectors Cheah, Seng Cheong H1-99 Social sciences (General) Malaysia’s manufacturing sector is one of the main contributors to its GDP, but its growth rate has declined over the past few years. Challenge by neighbouring countries with lower labour costs, it has to improve its productivity by upskilling its human resources and adopting advanced manufacturing technologies that the fourth industrial revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) can offer. Realising the need to increase the adoption and diffusion of this new knowledge, the Malaysian government introduced two IR4.0 blueprints to facilitate the adoption of these advanced technologies. This research set out to investigate the relationship between knowledge management (KM), innovation capability (IC), organisational ambidexterity (OA) and manufacturing performance (MP) within this era. Large manufacturing firms from five IR4.0 focus sectors were selected for this study, and an online survey was carried out to gather the data. A total of 145 firms responded. IBM SPSS and Smart-PLS software were used for statistical analysis. The study reveals that OA and external knowledge sourcing (EKS) is key to achieving a better MP. Likewise, EKS and OA also positively impact IC. EKS, knowledge sharing (KS) and knowledge protection (KP) provide the basis of an ambidextrous organisation. EKS, KS, and KP were also found to impact IC and MP indirectly through OA. 2023-05 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/60261/1/24%20Pages%20from%20CHEAH%20SENG%20CHEONG.pdf Cheah, Seng Cheong (2023) Nexus Among Knowledge Management, Organisational Ambidexterity, Innovation Capability, And Manufacturing Performance: A Study In Ir4.0 Focus Sectors. PhD thesis, Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut.
spellingShingle H1-99 Social sciences (General)
Cheah, Seng Cheong
Nexus Among Knowledge Management, Organisational Ambidexterity, Innovation Capability, And Manufacturing Performance: A Study In Ir4.0 Focus Sectors
title Nexus Among Knowledge Management, Organisational Ambidexterity, Innovation Capability, And Manufacturing Performance: A Study In Ir4.0 Focus Sectors
title_full Nexus Among Knowledge Management, Organisational Ambidexterity, Innovation Capability, And Manufacturing Performance: A Study In Ir4.0 Focus Sectors
title_fullStr Nexus Among Knowledge Management, Organisational Ambidexterity, Innovation Capability, And Manufacturing Performance: A Study In Ir4.0 Focus Sectors
title_full_unstemmed Nexus Among Knowledge Management, Organisational Ambidexterity, Innovation Capability, And Manufacturing Performance: A Study In Ir4.0 Focus Sectors
title_short Nexus Among Knowledge Management, Organisational Ambidexterity, Innovation Capability, And Manufacturing Performance: A Study In Ir4.0 Focus Sectors
title_sort nexus among knowledge management, organisational ambidexterity, innovation capability, and manufacturing performance: a study in ir4.0 focus sectors
topic H1-99 Social sciences (General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/60261/
http://eprints.usm.my/60261/1/24%20Pages%20from%20CHEAH%20SENG%20CHEONG.pdf