Knowledge Management Processes and Public Sector Performance Measure

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sultan Ali Al Ahbabi ◽  
Sanjay Kumar Singh ◽  
Sreejith Balasubramanian ◽  
Sanjaya Singh Gaur
Author(s):  
David Rodríguez-Gómez ◽  
Joaquín Gairín

Communities of Practice are one of the leading strategies used to promote knowledge management processes aimed at generating both organisational and individual learning along with innovations that contribute to improving the public administration. The optimal design of Communities of Practice in organisations implies exhaustive knowledge of how they work, and particularly identifying and understanding the factors that determine their operation and effectiveness for organisational change. This chapter presents some of the most important results of a study conducted in two departments within the Catalan public administration. The goal of the study was to analyse knowledge management processes and propose intervention protocols and quality standards. This study enabled the authors to present proposals aimed at improving the dynamics of the Communities of Practice in the public administration and to suggest possible avenues of research focused on improving the functioning of the public sector.


Author(s):  
Abu Hassan Abu Bakar ◽  
Wiwied Virgiyanti ◽  
Muhammad Asim Tufail ◽  
Mohamad Nizam Yusof

For academics and professionals, knowledge management has been widely known as a core agenda and has been recognized as one of the most important sources of competitive advantage. Managing knowledge to achieve organizational performance is not only crucial for private sector institutions, but it is significant for the public sector institutions as well. Since the study of knowledge management in the public sector is still in its infancy, this study is aimed at investigating the relationship between knowledge management processes and competitive advantages in local authorities in Malaysia to raise the awareness of the importance of managing organizational knowledge, particularly in the public sector. For this study, the data was collected from selected Heads of Departments in 42 institutions of local authorities in Peninsular Malaysia and yielded 82 usable responses. The analysis suggests that all six knowledge management processes (knowledge creation, capture, organization, storage, dissemination, and application) have a strong relationship with competitive advantage. This study is expected to raise awareness and provide initial guidelines to local authorities as knowledge-intensive institutions to formulate strategies on how to manage the knowledge management processes within the organization.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
THEOPHILUS TSHUKUDU

The aim of this paper investigate strategies that could be used for the effective integration of human resource development and knowledge management for sustainable public sector performance. With the calls for improved service delivery in the Botswana Public service sectors, there is need to adopt modern and effective way of managing change in the public sector part of which includes effective management of human resource development foreffectiveness competitive advantage. The only source of sustainable competitive advantage is to learn faster and more creatively than competing organizations. To the Botswana public service the foregoing affirmation remains challenges range from lack of quality leadership to the implementation of swift and effective HRD strategies combined with knowledge management. The methodology used for this paper is desktop research with emphasis on theoretical framework for improving public sector effectiveness. The results of emanating from the theoretical points to a number of strategies for integrating human resource development and knowledge management for sustainable public sector performance. This paper concludes with recommend implementation of relevant strategies are required for the effective human resource development and the management thereoffor a sustained public sector performance.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsenah Al Yami ◽  
Mian M. Ajmal ◽  
Sreejith Balasubramanian

Purpose Firm size is an important contingency variable in macro-organizational studies. Several questions arise in relation to knowledge management and organizational size that is critical to both public and private organizations. Unfortunately, despite its significance, all or most of the studies that examined the effects of organizational size’ on knowledge management have been in the private sector. This paper aims to empirically study the effects of organizational size on the key knowledge management processes and subsequent operational efficiency derived from its implementation in the public sector. Design/methodology/approach A structured country-wide survey of United Arab Emirates public sector organizations was conducted. The 383 completed responses obtained were then analysed to assess the hypothesized differences in the implementation of knowledge management processes (knowledge acquisition, knowledge creation, knowledge capture, knowledge storage and retrieval, knowledge sharing, knowledge utilization) and its impact on the operational efficiency across small and medium, large and very large public sector organizations. Findings The results revealed that the extent of implementation of all six knowledge management processes and operational efficiency followed an inverted “V” pattern, in which, both knowledge management processes and operational efficiency was found to increase while transitioning from small and medium entities to large entities, but was found to decrease while transitioning from large to very large entities. In terms of relationships, while all knowledge management processes had a significant positive impact on the operational efficiency of the public sector, the ability to derive operational efficiency from knowledge management processes was found to be the highest for very large public sector organizations. Practical implications The novel findings are useful for practitioners and policymakers, especially those overseeing a country’s knowledge management initiatives to devise strategies, policies and support mechanisms to ensure public sector organizations, regardless of their size, can implement efficient and effective knowledge management processes to improve their operational efficiency. Originality/value The study is arguably the first comprehensive attempt to understand the impact of organizational size on knowledge management in the public sector.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Sanjaya Singh Gaur ◽  
Sreejith Balasubramanian ◽  
Sanjay Kumar Singh ◽  
Sultan Al Ahbabi

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sultan Al Ahbabi ◽  
Sanjay Kumar Singh ◽  
Sanjaya Singh Gaur ◽  
Sreejith Balasubramanian

2015 ◽  
pp. 492-511
Author(s):  
Abu Hassan Abu Bakar ◽  
Wiwied Virgiyanti ◽  
Muhammad Asim Tufail ◽  
Mohamad Nizam Yusof

For academics and professionals, knowledge management has been widely known as a core agenda and has been recognized as one of the most important sources of competitive advantage. Managing knowledge to achieve organizational performance is not only crucial for private sector institutions, but it is significant for the public sector institutions as well. Since the study of knowledge management in the public sector is still in its infancy, this study is aimed at investigating the relationship between knowledge management processes and competitive advantages in local authorities in Malaysia to raise the awareness of the importance of managing organizational knowledge, particularly in the public sector. For this study, the data was collected from selected Heads of Departments in 42 institutions of local authorities in Peninsular Malaysia and yielded 82 usable responses. The analysis suggests that all six knowledge management processes (knowledge creation, capture, organization, storage, dissemination, and application) have a strong relationship with competitive advantage. This study is expected to raise awareness and provide initial guidelines to local authorities as knowledge-intensive institutions to formulate strategies on how to manage the knowledge management processes within the organization.


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