Knowledge Sharing Challenges in Subsidiary-to-Subsidiary IT Infrastructure Outsourcing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matete Elias Malope ◽  
Rennie Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
It Infrastructure

Utilizing Information Science and Technology in Franchise Organizations

2018 ◽  
pp. 4822-4835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye-Sho Chen
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Good Relationship ◽  
Franchise Organizations

Franchising involves with grating and receiving business rights. In addition to the popular growth strategy for many businesses, franchising has emerged over the years as a pathway to wealth creation for entrepreneurs. In this paper we first discuss the information science of franchising, including franchisor/franchisee relationship and the essential indicators needed to pertain and flourish the good relationship; and the inevitability of collaborative learning and innovation, which leads us to the discussion of the working knowledge development among the franchisor and the fellow franchisees. Second, we discuss that an attention-based IT infrastructure that will enable the knowledge sharing and dissemination between the franchisor and the franchisee.

scholarly journals Analysing lawyers’ attitude towards knowledge sharing

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wole M. Olatokun ◽  
Isioma N. Elueze
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Law Firms ◽  
Principal Component Factor Analysis ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Positive Intention ◽  
Salient Beliefs ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives: The study examined and identified the factors that affect lawyers’ attitudes to knowledge sharing, and their knowledge sharing behaviour. Specifically, it investigated the relationship between the salient beliefs affecting the knowledge sharing attitude of lawyers’, and applied a modified version of the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) in the knowledge sharing context, to predict how these factors affect their knowledge sharing behaviour.Method: A field survey of 273 lawyers was carried out, using questionnaire for data collection. Collected data on all variables were structured into grouped frequency distributions. Principal Component Factor Analysis was applied to reduce the constructs and Simple Regression was applied to test the hypotheses. These were tested at 0.05% level of significance.Results: Results showed that expected associations and contributions were the major determinants of lawyers’ attitudes towards knowledge sharing. Expected reward was not significantly related to lawyers’ attitudes towards knowledge sharing. A positive attitude towards knowledge sharing was found to lead to a positive intention to share knowledge, although a positive intention to share knowledge did not significantly predict a positive knowledge sharing behaviour. The level of Information Technology (IT) usage was also found to significantly affect the knowledge sharing behaviour of lawyers’.Conclusion: It was recommended that law firms in the study area should deploy more IT infrastructure and services that encourage effective knowledge sharing amongst lawyers. 

Utilizing Information Technology in Senior Care Franchises

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-62
Author(s):  
Ye-Sho Chen
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Good Relationship

Franchising involves receiving business rights. In addition to the popular growth strategy for many businesses, franchising has emerged over the years as a pathway to wealth creation for entrepreneurs interested in senior care. In this article, the authors first discuss the use of information technology in senior care franchises, including franchisor/franchisee relationships and the essential indicators needed to allow a good relationship to flourish, and the inevitability of collaborative learning and innovation. This leads to the discussion of the working knowledge development among the franchisor and the fellow franchisees. Second, this paper discusses that an attention-based IT infrastructure that will enable the senior care knowledge sharing and dissemination between the franchisor and the franchisee.

scholarly journals Information technology integration for accelerated knowledge sharing practices: challenges and prospects for small and medium enterprises

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Ajibade ◽  
Ezra M. Ondari-Okemwa ◽  
Mamadi M. Matlhako
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Business Decision ◽  
Medium Enterprises

This paper argues that business enterprises in this competitive global market cannot compete and remain sustainable without effective knowledge sharing to improve business intelligence processes. The central argument hinges on the deployment and use of information technology (IT) as strategic tools to promote business decision making through quick business data analysis and dissemination of business ideas across business units and locations. The study reiterated the critical role IT plays in facilitating a culture of organizational learning and knowledge sharing practices. The study utilized surveys and questionnaires that were distributed to 230 small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to present the results. Findings showed that firms are still using one-on-one meeting to share knowledge, while knowledge sharing activities are controlled through a rigid and inflexible process at the top management level, thereby hindering knowledge flow that is crucial for real-time decision making. The advances in IT have not been used advantageously to improve knowledge sharing and to advance business management. The paper concludes that without strong positive correlation between IT infrastructure integration, and communication strategies and knowledge sharing, the SMEs may not be able to compete in a highly competitive knowledge economy. Consequently, they may lose leverage to another competitor with more robust and mature IT infrastructure alignment for sharing business analytics and intelligence efficiently. A technologically driven, open, and informal approach to knowledge sharing for productive and innovative engagement is recommended. Furthermore, the use of IT that can promote agile and real-time knowledge sharing is recommended.

The Strategic Alignment between Knowledge Management and Information Systems Strategy: The Impact of Contextual and Cultural Factors

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 1450006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaflah Al-Ammary
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
Strategic Alignment ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Organisational Structure ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Is Strategy ◽  
The Impact

A knowledge asset has been increasingly recognised as the most valuable asset in organisations as it playing an enabling role in formulating a successful strategies and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. However, to continuously capture, maintain and reuse the key information, and arbitrates the strategic knowledge assets, KM should be aligned with business process, organisations and IT. Therefore, the aim of the current study is to investigate the direct effect of the contextual factors such as IT infrastructure and skills, existence of CKO and knowledge sharing on the KM strategic alignment between KM and IS strategy (KMSA-IS) in the banking sector at Arabian Gulf countries. However, cultural factors such as openness to change, organisational structure and trust were examined to have indirect effect on KMSA-IS via the knowledge sharing. In addition, the impact of KMSA-IS on the organisational performance was examined. The results revealed that the contextual factors such as IT infrastructure and skills and existence of CKO as well as the knowledge sharing have shown a significant contribution on KMSA-IS. Organisational structure and trust however, revealed to have indirect impact on KMSA-IS via the knowledge sharing. Therefore, executive managers in the Arabian Gulf banking sectors should adopt new rules using flexible organisational culture, reforming and redesigning their organisational structure and incorporating an advanced IT in their operations for competitive advantage. Moreover, they need to establish an alignment between KM and IS strategy in order to move their KM systems in a direction that holds promise for long-lasting competitive advantage.

Knowledge Sharing Cultural Dimensions from Team and Organization Perspective

2017 ◽  
pp. 57-75
Author(s):  
Satyendra C Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Organization Structure ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Knowledge Sharing Behavior ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sharing Behavior

Process view of Knowledge Management (KM) suggests that KM can be broken down into a series of processes commonly labeled as knowledge creation, storage, sharing and application. Out of these, KM literature identifies knowledge sharing as most important and complex. Literature also suggests that knowledge sharing and culture is not studied under both the perspective of a team and organization. Other import success factors for KM are IT infrastructure and organizational structure. IT is important in how knowledge travels and is accessed in the organization. Structure acts both as a bridge and a barrier in KM process. Of all the factors identified, culture remains the most understudied and complex. This chapter seeks to investigate and set a precursor to study the relationship between cultural dimensions which are not very well defined, yet important in knowledge sharing behavior. Dimensions of culture which are found to be important are trust and cooperation. Chapter also highlights the need of studying this from team as well as organization perspective.

Knowledge Sharing Cultural Dimensions from Team and Organization Perspective

2017 ◽  
pp. 908-921
Author(s):  
Satyendra C Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Organization Structure ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Knowledge Sharing Behavior ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sharing Behavior

Process view of Knowledge Management (KM) suggests that KM can be broken down into a series of processes commonly labeled as knowledge creation, storage, sharing and application. Out of these, KM literature identifies knowledge sharing as most important and complex. Literature also suggests that knowledge sharing and culture is not studied under both the perspective of a team and organization. Other import success factors for KM are IT infrastructure and organizational structure. IT is important in how knowledge travels and is accessed in the organization. Structure acts both as a bridge and a barrier in KM process. Of all the factors identified, culture remains the most understudied and complex. This chapter seeks to investigate and set a precursor to study the relationship between cultural dimensions which are not very well defined, yet important in knowledge sharing behavior. Dimensions of culture which are found to be important are trust and cooperation. Chapter also highlights the need of studying this from team as well as organization perspective.

Utilizing Information Science and Technology in Franchise Organizations

2019 ◽  
pp. 981-995
Author(s):  
Ye-Sho Chen
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Good Relationship ◽  
Franchise Organizations

Franchising involves grating and receiving business rights. In addition to the popular growth strategy for many businesses, franchising has emerged over the years as a pathway to wealth creation for entrepreneurs. In this chapter, the authors first discuss the information science of franchising, including franchisor/franchisee relationship and the essential indicators needed to pertain and flourish the good relationship and the inevitability of collaborative learning and innovation, which leads to the discussion of the working knowledge development among the franchisor and the fellow franchisees. Second, the authors discuss an attention-based IT infrastructure that will enable the knowledge sharing and dissemination between the franchisor and the franchisee.

Knowledge Sharing: Wissen für den Pflegealltag

PADUA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-267
Author(s):  
Sabine Bohnet-Joschko
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing

Zusammenfassung. Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe gehören zu den wissensintensiven Dienstleistungsberufen, in denen einmal Erlerntes schnell an Aktualität verliert. So können klassische Fort- und Weiterbildungskonzepte die Dynamik der Wissensentwicklung in der Pflege kaum noch abbilden. Insbesondere für Führungskräfte gilt es, trotz zunehmender Arbeitsverdichtung eine Kultur des lebenslangen Lernens für Pflegende zu fördern. Das in den USA durchaus verbreitete, im deutschsprachigen Raum dagegen nahezu unbekannte Konzept «Lunch and Learn» soll hier vorgestellt werden.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document