An Ontology-based Knowledge Management System for Industry Clusters

Knowledge-based economy forces companies in the nation to group together as a cluster in order to maintain their competitiveness in the world market. The cluster development relies on two key success factors which are knowledge sharing and collaboration between the actors in the cluster. Thus, our study tries to propose knowledge management system to support knowledge management activities within the cluster. To achieve the objectives of this study, ontology takes a very important role in knowledge management process in various ways; such as building reusable and faster knowledge-bases, better way for representing the knowledge explicitly. However, creating and representing ontology create difficulties to organization due to the ambiguity and unstructured of source of knowledge. Therefore, the objectives of this paper are to propose the methodology to create and represent ontology for the organization development by using knowledge engineering approach. The handicraft cluster in Thailand is used as a case study to illustrate our proposed methodology.Ontology, Knowledge Management System, Industry Clusters

Critical Success Factor for Implementing Km in Government Human Capital Management: Case Study Badan Kepegawaian Negara

Nowadays, knowledge management in organization became a trend strategy in order to improve organization performance. But unfortunately, it\u27s a big challenge to implementing knowledge management in organization, because it\u27s relatively new and not many people knew about this. This research is done in order to realize bureaucratic reform in government service improvement according to PERMENPAN No. 14 Tahun 2011 is about knowledge management (KM) implementation in government. Knowledge management cannot be separated from human capital as an intangible asset in organization which has an important role to the success of organization goals. This conducted research aims to identify critical success factor of KM implementation in Indonesian government human capital management case study: Badan Kepegawaian Negara. Stages of this research are literature study, data collection using interviews, observation, and group discussion organization to explore and discovering critical success factor for KM implementation. Data analysis using descriptive statistic, delphi method and expert judgment in order to define critical success factor of implementing KM in government human capital management: case study in Badan Kepegawaian Negara. The result shows that several critical success factors for KM implementation in the government human capital management are organization culture, leadership, organization structure, HR/HC (knowledge, skill, attitude), HR/HC process (acquisition, development, engagement, retention) and policy

Student Industrial Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IRI

In an era when knowledge is considered the most important factor in creating competitive advantages in organizations, it is especially important to pay attention to knowledge management (KM). Therefore, in order for the organization to be successful and have a better performance in this area, key success factors of knowledge management should be emphasized. It is a highly difficult task to bring about change in an organization and enable an organization to utilize all of the forms and capabilities of knowledge management using the available resources in order to obtain its goals regarding its circumstances and binding commitments. Assessment and evaluation depend upon the concepts of knowledge. One of the keys to success is to achieve high quality products. There are two common approaches in all organizations for achieving key success factors, one of them is the business process and the other is human resources process. Both of these processes are crucial for building major organizations and companies, but human resources should be emphasized here. Here, I start with providing definitions for management, knowledge, different types of knowledge, and knowledge management systems and then I will discuss about what knowledge management is and whether or not the knowledge of management preferred to knowledge management

Student Industrial Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IRI

In an era when knowledge is considered the most important factor in creating competitive advantages in organizations, it is especially important to pay attention to knowledge management (KM). Therefore, in order for the organization to be successful and have a better performance in this area, key success factors of knowledge management should be emphasized. It is a highly difficult task to bring about change in an organization and enable an organization to utilize all of the forms and capabilities of knowledge management using the available resources in order to obtain its goals regarding its circumstances and binding commitments. Assessment and evaluation depend upon the concepts of knowledge. One of the keys to success is to achieve high quality products. There are two common approaches in all organizations for achieving key success factors, one of them is the business process and the other is human resources process. Both of these processes are crucial for building major organizations and companies, but human resources should be emphasized here. Here, I start with providing definitions for management, knowledge, different types of knowledge, and knowledge management systems and then I will discuss about what knowledge management is and whether or not the knowledge of management preferred to knowledge management

Student Industrial Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IRI

In an era when knowledge is considered the most important factor in creating competitive advantages in organizations, it is especially important to pay attention to knowledge management (KM). Therefore, in order for the organization to be successful and have a better performance in this area, key success factors of knowledge management should be emphasized. It is a highly difficult task to bring about change in an organization and enable an organization to utilize all of the forms and capabilities of knowledge management using the available resources in order to obtain its goals regarding its circumstances and binding commitments. Assessment and evaluation depend upon the concepts of knowledge. One of the keys to success is to achieve high quality products. There are two common approaches in all organizations for achieving key success factors, one of them is the business process and the other is human resources process. Both of these processes are crucial for building major organizations and companies, but human resources should be emphasized here. Here, I start with providing definitions for management, knowledge, different types of knowledge, and knowledge management systems and then I will discuss about what knowledge management is and whether or not the knowledge of management preferred to knowledge management

Improving design for manufacturing implementation in knowledge intensive collaborative environments - An analysis of organisational factors in aerospace manufacturing

Today, the manufacturing industry is under pressure to be able to rapidly come up with innovative designs and produce them in much shorter timeframes in order to keep up with growing customer demands and quickly gain new business. One of the ways used to achieve shorter time to markets for new product developments is by using design for manufacturing (DFM) methods to reduce time and energy going into resolving manufacturing based defects. It is also more vital in today’s manufacturing industry to make use of DFM methods much earlier in the product development lifecycle in order to prevent potentially known quality defects from happening and save on costs associated with late design changes. This requires enabling a more systemic feedback cycle of production data for the creation of DFM knowledge repositories as well as overcoming some wider knowledge sharing barriers across the organization. This investigation focuses on how the communications of manufacturing knowledge from production data is affected by factors within the overall organization. The investigation is one of the few that consider the influence of organizational factors on the communication of engineering knowledge as well as the related knowledge sharing barriers. The project is carried out empirically with a large UK based aerospace manufacturing company by gathering data primarily from observations and interviews. This paper presents the findings followed by discussions for improving DFM Knowledge Management in the aerospace industry

Provide a model for establishing a comprehensive knowledge management system in knowledge-based organizations based on success factors

Purpose: This study provides a model for establishing a comprehensive knowledge management system in knowledge-based organizations based on success factors. Research methodology: A researcher-made questionnaire was used to examine these factors and finally to present the model. The statistical population of this study is all managers and employees of knowledge-based organizations. There are 150 of them and 108 people were randomly selected as the research sample. Result: The results of factor analysis showed that all 7 factors under study explain 65.16% of the total variance, which is acceptable. On the other hand, the results of the Friedman test also showed the first to the seventh priority of effective factors of knowledge success in construction projects, including human resource development, knowledge-based orientation, knowledge evaluation and transfer, information systems infrastructure, business culture, modeling. Finally, there was a conflict between people. A model was designed according to the mentioned priority. Limitations: This research only described knowledge-based organizations. Contribution: In this article, using a comprehensive knowledge management system, an attempt is made to provide a mechanism for establishing and implementing a comprehensive knowledge management system in knowledge-based organizations to help it take an important step towards capacity building to create value in processes and exchanges. The knowledge of the experts of the organization should be removed in order to direct the tacit knowledge of the experts, which is the main capital of any organization, towards this important issue

The impact of human capital outsourcing on human capital management practices in Karachi pharmaceutical industry

Purpose: The aim of this research is to examine relationship between Human Capital Management (HRM) and Human Resource (HR) Outsourcing in the Pharmaceutical sector. The specific objective is to find out that how important is HRM for an Organization to perform its operations more efficiently, and at what level Human Resource Outsourcing is affecting it. Literature review: Literature review shows that HR outsourcing has positive impact on HRM for an Organization to perform its operations more efficiently. Methods: In order to conduct this research the methodology that has been used is quantitative in nature and closed ended Questionnaire was used to collect data. The universe of study was the employees of Pharmaceutical industry in Karachi Pakistan. The responses of each respondent were thoroughly analyzed by using SPSS software, and the results show that there is a negative relationship between the Human Capital Management (Gaining Knowledge, Current Trend of Business Environment, Organization Managing Their Human Asset and Practices and Policies Regarding Human Resource) and HR Outsourcing. Conclusions: It is concluded that all Independent Variables have the strongest Positive correlation with each other. There are lots of constraints, which any organization faces in terms of time, finance and, in some cases factors like strategic focus.Human Capital Management, Karachi, Pharmaceutical, Outsourcing

Predictors of compliance with community-directed ivermectin treatment in Uganda: quantitative results.

In order to identify the factors influencing compliance with mass ivermectin treatment for onchocerciasis control, a cross-sectional study was carried out in Bushenyi District, Uganda. Data were collected by interviewing 839 individuals who were randomly selected from 30 clusters where onchocerciasis is endemic. Information was collected on compliance with ivermectin treatment, socio-demographic characteristics, perception of personal susceptibility to onchocerciasis, knowledge about cause/transmission of onchocerciasis, knowledge of signs and symptoms of onchocerciasis, treatment of onchocerciasis, benefits and dangers of taking ivermectin, organization of distribution of ivermectin, work and selections of community drug distributors (CDDs), social influence and support to take ivermectin and on barriers and supports towards compliance with ivermectin treatment. The major factors favouring compliance were: perceiving CDDs as doing their work well, believing that measuring height is the best way to determine one's dose of ivermectin, having social support from one's family, saying that ivermectin treatment costs nothing, perceiving personal risk of onchocerciasis, believing that ivermectin prevents onchocerciasis and perceiving radios as supporting treatment with ivermectin. The strongest predictor of compliance with ivermectin treatment is perceiving CDDs as doing their work well with adjusted odds ratios of 5.54 (95% CI: 3.19-9.62). In order to improve compliance with ivermectin treatment, CDDs need to be well-facilitated and ivermectin distribution should be free. Health education is necessary so that people perceive themselves to be at risk of onchocerciasis and to understand the rationale of using height for dose determination. The health education should target the family and use radios

The factors that influence learning organization among managers in City Hall of Kuala Lumpur / Farah Hida Sharin

The knowledge revolution, global competition and growing expectations for performance drive every organization to enhance more efficient and effective learning in management and development of its human capital. Therefore, it is important for the organization to practice learning the theory of the organization in order to create continuous improvement in various scopes of work. This research is about the factors that influence learning organization among managers in City Hall of Kuala Lumpur. Factors of learning organization such as training and education, reward and recognition, information flow and vision and strategy have been identified in order to investigate whether or not these factors have a significant relationship with the dimension of learning organization. The survey was conducted in 24 departments in City Hall of Kuala Lumpur such as the Administration Department; Civil Engineering Department; Culture, Arts, Tourism and Sports Department; Human Resource Management Department; Information Technology and Communication Department and others. The sample size for this study was 100 officers who had a bachelor's degree in different courses study and involved decision making in City Hall of Kuala Lumpur. Data was obtained using two methods which were primary and secondary data. Respondents were required to answer the questionnaires that include the statements regarding the factors that influence learning about organization among managers in City Hall of Kuala Lumpur. Once the necessary data was collected, the data was analyzed and summarized in a readable and easily interpretable form. The Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 12.0 was used to summarize the data. The results are in the form of reliability testing, descriptive statistics, ANOVA, t-test and correlation. Based on this research, the result indicates that all factors have a significant relationship between all the elements of learning organization which include continuous learning, inquiry and dialogue, team learning, empowerment, embedded system, system connection and strategic leadership. The conclusion of the study is the outcome of the survey analysis and findings. Based on findings, some recommendations have been suggested in order to help increase learning organization and for future research