Knowledge management : does the organizational culture matter?

Individuals and organizations have begun to appreciate the increasingly important role of knowledge in the present competitive environment. For years organizations have coded, stored, and transmitted knowledge. However, the current advancement of information technology has made the tasks much easier...

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Main Author: Md. Nor, Khalil
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Management and Human Resource Development 2006
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description Individuals and organizations have begun to appreciate the increasingly important role of knowledge in the present competitive environment. For years organizations have coded, stored, and transmitted knowledge. However, the current advancement of information technology has made the tasks much easier to accomplish. Through information technology, the task of capturing, storing, and sharing the organizational knowledge can be done more systematically and efficiently. However, we believe that the utilization of information technology alone in the knowledge management does not guarantee its success. The author argues that the success of knowledge management, in particular the creation and sharing of tacit knowledge is also influenced by organizational culture. It is hypothesized that certain dimensions of organizational culture encourage the creation and sharing of tacit knowledge. In this paper, the author discusses knowledge, knowledge management, knowledge management system, knowledge sharing and creation, and national and organizational culture. Finally, the author provides four propositions and suggest an empirical test for them
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spelling utm-14152010-08-25T05:39:13Z http://eprints.utm.my/1415/ Knowledge management : does the organizational culture matter? Md. Nor, Khalil H Social Sciences (General) Individuals and organizations have begun to appreciate the increasingly important role of knowledge in the present competitive environment. For years organizations have coded, stored, and transmitted knowledge. However, the current advancement of information technology has made the tasks much easier to accomplish. Through information technology, the task of capturing, storing, and sharing the organizational knowledge can be done more systematically and efficiently. However, we believe that the utilization of information technology alone in the knowledge management does not guarantee its success. The author argues that the success of knowledge management, in particular the creation and sharing of tacit knowledge is also influenced by organizational culture. It is hypothesized that certain dimensions of organizational culture encourage the creation and sharing of tacit knowledge. In this paper, the author discusses knowledge, knowledge management, knowledge management system, knowledge sharing and creation, and national and organizational culture. Finally, the author provides four propositions and suggest an empirical test for them Faculty of Management and Human Resource Development 2006-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/1415/3/KhalilMdNor2006_KnowledgeManagementDoesThe.pdf Md. Nor, Khalil (2006) Knowledge management : does the organizational culture matter? Jurnal Kemanusiaan (8). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1675-1930 http://www.fppsm.utm.my/download/cat_view/13-jurnal-kemanusiaan/23-bil-08-dis-2006.html
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Knowledge management : does the organizational culture matter?
title Knowledge management : does the organizational culture matter?
title_full Knowledge management : does the organizational culture matter?
title_fullStr Knowledge management : does the organizational culture matter?
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge management : does the organizational culture matter?
title_short Knowledge management : does the organizational culture matter?
title_sort knowledge management : does the organizational culture matter?
topic H Social Sciences (General)
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