Knowledge Creation / Conversion Process

Capturing and / or creating knowledge is a central part of the implementation of knowledge management and is the first stage of the cycle knowledge management. There are several approaches, techniques and tools that can be used to "extract" explicit knowledge to create new ones and to organize all knowledge in a systematic manner. Translation of knowledge into a form explicit or understandable called encoding, facilitates other knowledge management processes, such as storage or dissemination of knowledge. Multidisciplinary nature of knowledge management is highlighted by the fact that techniques used to capture knowledge from several fields such as sociology, economics, mathematical analysis etc.knowledge; model; conversion; creation.

Finding the right answer: an information retrieval approach supporting knowledge sharing

Knowledge Management can be defined as the effective strategies to get the right piece of knowledge to the right person in the right time. Having the main purpose of providing users with information items of their interest, recommender systems seem to be quite valuable for organizational knowledge management environments. Here we present KARe (Knowledgeable Agent for Recommendations), a multiagent recommender system that supports users sharing knowledge in a peer-to-peer environment. Central to this work is the assumption that social interaction is essential for the creation and dissemination of new knowledge. Supporting social interaction, KARe allows users to share knowledge through questions and answers. This paper describes KARe�s agent-oriented architecture and presents its recommendation algorithm

The relationship between knowledge management practices and staff performance in Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Sembilan (SUKNS) / Intan Nurdiani Nordin

The purpose of this thesis is to identify the relationship between knowledge management practices and staff performance in Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Sembilan (SUKNS). The knowledge management practices including knowledge acquisition, knowledge dissemination and knowledge utilization. As for the scope of the reports, the reseacher focus on the staff in SUKNS. A questionnaire was used as the main instrument for the data collection. A total of 116 respondents answered the questionnaires which represented 80% of response rate. It was found that knowledge management practices namely knowledge acquisition, knowledge dissemination and knowledge utilization had significant positive and strong relationship with staff performance. Thus, in order to achieve improvement in staff performance, SUKNS has to ensure that the knowledge management practices were applied wisely. Besides, it also found that the most applied practices in SUKNS was knowledge dissemination compared with knowledge acquisition and knowledge utilization. There is also significant difference in staff performance between male and female that might due to different gendered practices. The reseacher have purposed a few recommendation for the improvement of the staff and SUKNS. One of the recommendation, the staff should be exposed into more detailed about knowledge management practices. Even though, knowledge dissemination was well applied in SUKNS, the staff also should apply the other two knowledge management practices. As for the future research, several recommendation were also made in order to improve the research on relationship between knowledge management practices and staff performance. In order to ensure whether knowledge management practices contribute to staff performance, the study should be conducted in a different organizatio

The relationship between knowledge management practices and staffs performance in CIMB principla asset management headquaters (HQ) / Farah Illyanie Omran

Knowledge Management Practice is the set of management activities conducted in a firm with the aim of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of organizational knowledge resources. This research discussed on the relationship between knowledge management practices and staff performance. This knowledge practices becomes productive when combined staff performance as dependent variable. Practically, this research describes implementation of KMP expertise in staff performance in CIMB Principal Asset Management Headquarters, using the scientific method of knowledge acquisition, knowledge dissemination and knowledge utilization. The questionnaire has been adjusted to match the environment of this research and it was applied to a sample of about 137 staffs in CIMB Principal Asset Management Headquarters. It was found that knowledge management practices namely knowledge acquisition, knowledge dissemination and knowledge utilization have positive and significant relationship with staff performanc

The relationship between knowledge management pratices and non-academic staff performance in Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan / Nur Shahiera Ayunie Binti Muhd Hafiz

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between knowledge management practices and non-academic staff performance in Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan. The sample for the study is consisted of 144 out of 230 non-academic staffs. The Pearson correlation coefficient and Independent t-test in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 were utilized for the analysis of data. The finding revealed a significant and positive relationship between knowledge management practices and non academic staff performance. Specifically, knowledge acquisition, knowledge dissemination and knowledge utilization were revealed to have a significant and positive relationship that influence on staff performance. Based on this finding, it was concluded that knowledge dissemination was most applied by the staffs. It is recommended that the staffs need to give feedback and communicate each other to strengthen their knowledge management practices especially knowledge acquisition, knowledge dissemination and knowledge utilization in their everyday activities in Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan

Effect of Knowledge Management on Firm Competitive Advantage Among Commercial Banks in Kenya

We examine the effect of knowledge management on firms’ competitive advantage among commercials banks in Kenya. Using multiple regression analysis, we found support for the proposition that knowledge acquisition, knowledge dissemination and responsiveness to knowledge enhance firms’ competitive advantage. Given the increasingly critical role of Knowledge management in connection with firm competitiveness in today’s dynamic market place organizations are required to manage effective knowledge to ensure they have a sustain competitive advantage. Keywords: firm competitive advantage, knowledge acquisition, knowledge dissemination and responsiveness to knowledge

COMPETITION BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (KM) AND MARKETING

Knowledge management has become, in recent years, a starting point for those that deal with business strategies, providing the opportunity to achieve competitive advantage and a great long-term increase of the organizational efficiency. The formation of a knowledge strategy appropriate to the economic realities enables organizations, whatever their nature, not only to survive but also in their future development. On a practical level it can be said that knowledge management works like an organization inside the other organizations. The competitiveness of implementation of the knowledge management and marketing strategy is currently, and in the future, one of the viable ways by which the maximum efficiency can mobilize resources in order to meet the full needs of individuals, communities and of the whole society. This approach may be a modern solution of knowledge and prevention of economic risk under its various forms, but also a performance guarantee in an activity. The purpose of this approach is to present a number of characteristics in a synthetic manner of knowledge management, bringing attention to the concept of adaptive management and the influences and intersections that are found in relation to the marketing process in the organizational environment.knowledge management, adaptive management, information, marketing implementation, dissemination, collaborative education, organizational environment

A Conceptual Framework for the Industrial District Analysis: from Knowledge to Resources

Traditional literature on Industrial Districts has remarked the social capital as a core key in the development process of a sustainable territorial competitive advantage. In that concept authors are allocated part of the externalities without being underpined by an integrating conceptual framework. Recent resource-base view and knowledge management theory, as well as intellectual capital approach, can all be use as a conceptual framework to allocate all the industrial district’s special features in a more comprehensive and connected arena. We establish a conceptual framework by integrating different approaches and adapt all of them to specific industrial district case. Moreover, we adapt the SECI knowledge management model to the cluster case as a useful way to understand the tacit knowledge dissemination that occurs in the industrial district.