The Concept and Role of Knowledge Worker and Workplace Fit in Learning Organization

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Laura Gaizauskiene ◽  
Zivile Tuncikiene
Keyword(s):  
Learning Organization ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Workplace Fit

The dynamic relationship of knowledge management processes and project success: modeling the mediating role of knowledge worker satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1657-1676
Author(s):  
Anum Shahzadi ◽  
Shuangyan Li ◽  
Umar Farooq Sahibzada ◽  
Mehwish Malik ◽  
Roshi Khalid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Entrepreneurial Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Worker Satisfaction ◽  
Knowledge Management Processes

PurposeConstructed upon a knowledge-based view, the purpose of this paper aims to empirically examine the entrepreneurial leadership impact as knowledge management enabler on knowledge management processes and knowledge management processes on project success. The study further ascertains the mediating role of knowledge worker satisfaction among knowledge management processes and project success.Design/methodology/approachUsing the data collected from 302 project workers from the software industry, China. The research used structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the hypothesis relationships using smart-PLS 3.2.9.FindingsThe outcome of the study reveals that entrepreneurial leadership has a substantial significant impact on knowledge management processes, and knowledge management processes influence project success via knowledge worker satisfaction as a mediator both directly and indirectly. Moreover, the study found partial mediation of knowledge worker satisfaction between knowledge management processes and project success.Practical implicationsThe current research identifies that entrepreneurial leadership may play a role in fostering knowledge management processes in project-based organizations (e.g. software industry) that can use the knowledge management processes to increase their chances of project success. More broadly, the current study contributes to the entrepreneurial leadership, knowledge management processes, knowledge worker satisfaction and project success existing literature and strengthens the relationship and suggest that how project manager's value knowledge worker satisfaction and help organizations gain competitive advantage and project success.Originality/valueAlthough there is an increased significance of knowledge management in the software industry, there is a lack of research that examines the enabling factors and outcomes of knowledge management practices. The present study is one of the first studies to ascertain the relationship of entrepreneurial leadership, knowledge management processes, knowledge worker satisfaction and project success. This is one of the initial researches that not only empirically examines the interrelationships among these variables but also enlighten insights into the current literature by instantaneous investigation of the mediating role of knowledge worker satisfaction.

Attributes of the Learning-Innovation Transformational Leader

2014 ◽  
pp. 251-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fawzy Soliman
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Leadership Characteristics ◽  
Innovative Leadership ◽  
Innovative Company ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
Transformation Leadership

This chapter examines the role of transformational leadership in transforming the learning organization into an innovative one. Important features of the leader, such as the ability to assist in developing and accommodating the implementation of knowledge management programs, learning organization concepts, and innovation protocols, are discussed in this chapter. This chapter demonstrates that shifting from learning organization to become an innovative company could involve some unique attributes of a transformation leadership. In that regard, the chapter also demonstrates that organizations need first to create, capture, transfer, and mobilize knowledge before it can be used for learning and then for innovation. The chapter presents a method of studying how successful innovation leaders of companies could find themselves acting in three roles, namely knowledge leader, learning leader, and then innovation leader. The leadership styles and characteristics that could transform the organisation from learning to innovation are discussed. The type of innovative leadership required to enhance the organizational performance is also highlighted. This chapter provides details for understanding innovative leadership based on the concepts for leadership characteristics and styles. The chapter also discusses different leadership styles and the proposed model of innovative leadership used by most firms in their efforts to improve performance. This chapter examines whether the attributes of leaders and styles of leadership could also influence the behaviour of some leaders towards the transformation from learning to innovation settings.

Professional ICT Knowledge, Epistemic Standards, and Social Epistemology

2012 ◽  
pp. 274-294
Author(s):  
Frederik Truyen ◽  
Filip Buekens
Keyword(s):  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Corporate Context ◽  
Accessible Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Professional Workers ◽  
The Right ◽  
Organizational Procedures

Several co-evolving trends have impacted expectations of professional workers’ quality of knowledge. The abundance of information shared through the Internet, the ever-increasing specialization of tasks, the possibility of immediately accessible information through social networks, the participation of stakeholders in the social web, and the increased requirements for separation of duty in a corporate context have contributed to a situation where the current ‘knowledge worker’ is not expected to have the same level of readily available knowledge as before. This chapter describes this phenomenon in detail with a case study from ICT-expert jobs. It shows that an ICT manager can no longer overlook the work of collaborators, just by virtue of being the smartest employee around. He/she will increasingly rely on organizational procedures and professional standards to assess whether the right people - with the right competencies for the job – are at his/her disposal. After describing the specifics of professional knowledge for ICT experts and the role of social software plays in this, the chapter focuses on the epistemological aspects of ICT expertise. The authors discuss current strands of reliabilistic accounts for knowledge in relation to expertise. They show that besides reliability, it is accuracy that is needed in order to perform as an expert.

An Investigation to an Enabling Role of Knowledge Management Between Learning Organization and Organizational Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 1579-1594
Author(s):  
Juin-Cherng Lu ◽  
Chia-Wen Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter is an exploratory investigation of the relationship and interaction between the learning organization and organizational learning in terms of an enabling role of knowledge management. In the severe and dynamic business environment, organizations should respond quickly to their rivals and environment by transforming into a learning organization. A learning organization could provoke innovation and learning through its structure, task and process redesigns, and evermore adapt gradually toward the eventual goal of organizational learning. Therefore, the dynamic process between the learning organization and organizational learning is an important issue of current knowledge management and practice — that is, the enabling role of knowledge management could enhance the interaction between learning organization and organizational learning. Furthermore, the authors will explore the relationship and interaction between the learning organization and organizational learning in terms of knowledge management processes in business. Two cases, TSMC and Winbond, the semiconductor and high-tech firms in Taiwan, will be studied to illustrate the findings and insights for the study and the chapter.

Gaining Insight

2021 ◽  
pp. 109-135
Author(s):  
Stacy Landreth Grau
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Right ◽  
Gaining Insight

Chapter 5 covers the fundamentals of marketing research. Research is vitally important to organizations, but it is not something many nonprofit organizations feel they can easily afford. This chapter outlines the process so that organizations can do it themselves or know enough to ask the right questions of others doing research for them. This chapter covers the various types of research and the advantages and disadvantages of each. It includes why to do marketing research and what types of questions should be asked. It also includes the role of the Internet—with social media in particular—as important avenues for research and insights. The chapter also includes a section on becoming a learning organization by putting these insights to systemic use.

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