Employee Competency Management Initiative: A Literature Review

This paper discussed the concept of employee competency management initiatives. The paper highlighted particularly on three competency management initiatives – employee training, workplace mentoring and coaching. The paper is theoretical and as such draws its significance from its focus on the need for flexible and fluid employee competency initiatives given the changing dynamics and features of the work and business environment. This position is also hinged on the observed challenges of change and the imperatives for organizational learning and management re-orientation in line with the shifts in the market and the global community. The study concludes that the adoption and application of competency initiatives should begin with the specific needs of the organization as well as the specification of its goals. The design and features of competency management initiatives such as employee training, workplace mentoring and coaching, premised on the specifications of the organizations own particular experiences and expectations will offer more focus and will be more effective in addressing the organizations own unique or particular challenges and problems

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The Importance of Knowledge Transfer to Industry

Transport and Communications ◽

10.26552/tac.c.2016.1.1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Emília Madudová ◽

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

Divergent Thinking ◽

Business Environment ◽

Point Of View ◽

Creative Industry ◽

Specific Knowledge ◽

Creative People ◽

Industry Needs ◽

Firm Owners

The paper examines the specific knowledge universities transfer to industry, reflecting to creative industry needs. As results shows, the most asked alumni competences should be tacit knowledge and divergent thinking. Divergent thinking influence the creativity. Creativity is often defined as the ability to develop new and useful ideas, but in deep literature review, we can see few irregularities and different definitions of creativity. The paper also evaluates the importance of creativity from business environment point of view and from the creative industry perspective and creative firm owners. As point of view. Another key finding is, that to educate creative people will be one of the key competitive advantage, because mainly the ability to create and disseminate knowledge is often at the heart of the organization's competitive advantage not only in creative industry, but in transport industry as well.

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The Context for Organizational Learning: A Literature Review

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2102649 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Luciana Guta

Keyword(s):

Organizational Learning ◽

Literature Review

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Development of Market Orientation for Marketing Strategy Formulation

International Journal of Marketing Studies ◽

10.5539/ijms.v9n4p54 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 54

Author(s):

Nagasimha Balakrishna Kanagal

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Marketing Strategy ◽

Market Orientation ◽

Value Creation ◽

Business Environment ◽

Customer Relationship ◽

Strategy Formulation ◽

Market Mechanisms ◽

Develop Market ◽

Business Purpose

The formulation of marketing strategy is augmented with the firm making efforts to develop market orientation. Market orientation is the ability of the firm to “orient” its marketing strategy to the requirements of the market and continually re-orient its marketing strategy to the changes that occur in the market and business environment. The paper examines the nature of market orientation through literature review and outlines the meaning of the types of strategic thrusts, with specific focus on introducing a new position of competitive advantage called “market mechanisms.” The paper then postulates aspects of enabling reorientation of marketing strategy to keep up with changes in the market and business environment. The paper then extends the understanding of market orientation in extant literature by outlining the details of accommodating the convergence between the business purpose of firm orientation and the business purpose of value creation that encapsulates the firm-customer relationship or the market. An empirical section on certain “orient” aspects is laid out. Implications for marketing strategists are discussed.

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A Literature Review on Organizational Learning and Learning Organizations

International Journal of Economics & Management Sciences ◽

10.4172/2162-6359.1000494 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 07 (01) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hillary O Odor

Keyword(s):

Organizational Learning ◽

Literature Review ◽

Learning Organizations

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KNOWLEDGE WASTE IN ORGANIZATIONS: A REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES

Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management ◽

10.14488/bjopm.2015.v12.n1.a15 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 160 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Helio Aisenberg Ferenhof ◽

Susanne Durst ◽

Paulo Mauricio Selig

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Literature Review ◽

Knowledge Base ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Business Environment ◽

Future Research ◽

Competitive Pressure ◽

Knowledge Conversion ◽

Intensive Research ◽

Body Of Knowledge

In this paper, we are interested in the knowledge that is “wasted” in organizations, that is existing relevant knowledge that is overlooked in the process of knowledge conversion. Given the competitive pressure firms are facing in today´s business environment, a waste of knowledge is not only costly but also dangerous. This means that we consider knowledge from a knowledge at risk perspective. Having this in mind, the purpose of this paper is to review research on knowledge waste in organizations to establish our current body of knowledge regarding this topic. The study consists of a systematic review of 51 peer-reviewed articles addressing knowledge waste in organizations. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no systematic literature review on this topic has previously been published or presented. The topic seems to be a promising field for intensive research and offers a variety of future research avenues. In view of practitioners, the study´s finding may enable an increased awareness towards the areas where existing knowledge is at the mercy of “waste”. This can assist practitioners to better cope with risks related to this waste and, therefore, better exploit the (limited) knowledge base available.

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The Effect Of Organizational Learning On Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction And Work Performance

Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) ◽

10.19030/jabr.v25i6.995 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 25 (6) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Raduan Che Rose ◽

Naresh Kumar ◽

Ong Gua Pak

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Organizational Commitment ◽

Organizational Learning ◽

Literature Review ◽

Public Service ◽

Work Performance ◽

Future Research ◽

Font Size ◽

The Relationship ◽

Service Managers

The literature review reveals that there is a relationship between organizational learning organizational commitment, job satisfaction and work performance. However, it is apparent that the integrated relationships between these variables have not been found to be reported. Hence, we examine the relationship among these variables using a sample of public service managers in Malaysia. Organizational learning was found positively related to organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and work performance. Organizational commitment and job satisfaction are also positively related with work performance and these variables partially mediate the relationship between organizational learning and work performance. Implication of the study and suggestions for future research been discussed in this paper.

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Indian Tourism Industry and COVID-19: A Sustainable Recovery Framework in a Post-Pandemic Era

Vision The Journal of Business Perspective ◽

10.1177/09722629211043298 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 097226292110432

Author(s):

Kshitija Pandey ◽

Kala Mahadevan ◽

Sujata Joshi

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Business Environment ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Global Business ◽

Analysis And Evaluation ◽

Travel And Tourism ◽

Narrative Literature ◽

Narrative Literature Review ◽

Sustainable Recovery ◽

The Way

The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted the global business environment and has resulted in significantly challenging multiple industries across the business spectrum. One of the industries facing severe adverse consequences is the travel and tourism industry. This study aims to assess and assimilate the overall impact posed by this pandemic to the Indian tourism industry and propose a sustainable recovery framework that would provide a guideline to all the Indian tourism industry stakeholders to forge the way forward in the post-pandemic era. The study adopts a narrative literature review-based approach to arrive at a sustainable recovery framework based on the analysis and evaluation of the literature on the proposed topic. The study finds that the Indian tourism industry has been significantly impacted by the ongoing pandemic and has altered the functioning of all the stakeholders in the industry.

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The Professed Culture of the Business Organizations in the Defense Industry in Bulgaria. What Does it Look Like? And do they Need it?

Economic Alternatives ◽

10.37075/ea.2020.3.06 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 433-470

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Literature Review ◽

Corporate Culture ◽

Transition Period ◽

Defense Industry ◽

Business Environment ◽

Business Organizations ◽

Senior Managers ◽

Industrial Base ◽

Academic Publications

Purpose – This article aims to outline and analyze the role, structure and dominating content of professed organizational culture among the companies in the defense industry in Bulgaria as conscious and the official expression of their leadership intentions within the contemporary business environment, uniquely justifying the existence of each entity. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative study is conducted, based on a literature review of academic publications in the sphere of professed organizational culture. Furthermore, the websites of the target companies were carefully examined in order to outline the practical approach to presenting the unique official culture of defense business organizations. Findings – An elaborate set of cultural attributes to be found on the second level in Edgar Schein’s model of organizational culture is identified. Based on literature review, the intersection between official corporate culture expressions and defense sector is outlined. Important nuances in the development of Bulgarian defense, technological and industrial base are described, encompassing the transition period to market economy and democratic political system. A survey of professed culture attributes is conducted among the members of Bulgarian defense, technological and industrial base. It is concluded that these companies prefer disclosing their official cultures in a very succinct way to utilizing the potential power and impact of the most popular firm documents in this field as mission and vision or relying on small number of their simpler building elements. Recommendations to senior managers of the Bulgarian defense companies regarding smart and intensive use of official culture elements are given. Research limitations/implications – The financial data for the surveyed companies is not accessible. Originality/value – A snapshot of preferred professed culture attributes among the members of Bulgarian defense, technological and industrial base is composed, implying their leadership strategic intentions. The second level in Edgar Schein’s model of organizational culture is populated with a set of cultural attributes.

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