What is Knowledge Management? The term Knowledge Management very often is inexplicitly used to describe a set o management practices aimed to improve the main KM process such as knowledge acquisition, creation, transfer, dissemination and use. In real business environments, the overall aim of a KM strategy is the business value creation. Many researchers disagree with the term «management» insi...

abstract agricultural sector is a developmental domain and id a way for achievement to goals that are anticipated in iran perspective document. from this view, knowledge management (km) is critical for starting and continuing this way. this paper investigate on process of applicable and especial knowledge in agricultural sector (a case study in yazd province). also ranks stages of knowledge pro...

This paper presents an overview of research and literature on Knowledge Management (KM) and argues that to date KM research is limited by its focus primarily on hard information systems. Insufficient attention has been given to the ‘people management’ aspects of KM and the complex, multi-faceted nature of knowledge and knowledge transformation. The results of a survey of KM practice in a wide s...

Background and Objectives: Knowledge Management (KM) has emerged as a pathway towards competitive advantage in current complex industrial environment. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between KM effectiveness and various organizational factors including social interactions (trust, communication and coordination), infrastructure factors (structure, information technol...

The critical success factors (CSFs) of knowledge management (KM) systems are considered as areas that must be given the required attention for the successful implementation of knowledge management. In this respect and to reduce the failure risk of knowledge management projects, the current paper aims to arrive at a conceptual model by identifying and prioritizing factors for guiding research in...

Knowledge management (KM) is of growing interest in today’s business and academics. The increase in the number of books, articles, and conferences reflects that practitioners and academics alike are trying to improve theories and concepts proposed in the field in order to support KM programs better. On the other hand, there are voices criticizing current practices of KM and calling knowledge ma...

The aim of this research-in-progress paper is to provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the literature relating to knowledge management issues in order to establish the current “state of play” in the domain along a number of dimensions including unit of analysis, research paradigm employed, and the research topics/issues investigated. Information on a series of variables was extracted...

Knowledge is not manageable, as if it were data or information. Consequently, Knowledge Management (KM) must address activities that utilise and create knowledge, instead of addressing knowledge by itself. With regard to this issue, we elaborated on a sociotechnical approach of KM within the enterprise, and we synthesised it into an empirical model called the Model for General Knowledge Managem...

The differences between the paradigms of knowledge management (KM) and operations management are huge. Whereas KM is rooted in the disciplines of human relations, sociology, organization analysis, and strategic management, the operations management paradigm finds its roots in industrial engineering, business economics, and information systems. These differences result in poor acceptance of KM i...

A systematic approach to occupational safety and health (OSH) management and concepts of knowledge management (KM) have developed independently since the 1990s. Most KM models assume a division of knowledge into explicit and tacit. The role of tacit knowledge is stressed as necessary for higher performance in an enterprise. This article reviews literature on KM applications in OSH. Next, 10 sec...