Systems Thinking and Fratricide: Operationalizing Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning

This chapter explores the individual competencies presented by various healthcare executive organizations as being important for healthcare leaders to emulate in the exchange of information and knowledge. These competencies provide a set of tools that healthcare leaders can use to make their organizations successful in the healthcare systems and knowledge management (KM) environment. Several possible ways these can be instilled within the academic setting are presented. Systems and KM paradigms, such as organizational learning and memory, are superordinate metaphors that provide an approach to analyzing organizational capability through an understanding of processes occurring in healthcare organizations.

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Sustainable Innovation in Small Medium Enterprises: The Impact of Knowledge Management on Organizational Innovation through a Mediation Analysis by Using SEM Approach

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12062407 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 2407 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jaffar Abbas ◽

Qingyu Zhang ◽

Iftikhar Hussain ◽

Sabahat Akram ◽

Aneeqa Afaq ◽

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Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Organizational Learning ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Organizational Innovation ◽

Garment Industry ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Sustainable Innovation ◽

Study Results ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This current study is among the very few investigations, which seeks the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation in garment business firms. This investigation focused on examining how organizational learning mediates the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation. This research establishes that knowledge management and organizational innovation procedures are integral parts of the progress and survival of the organizations. The received data of this population reports on the garment firms, operating their businesses in Lahore and Gujranwala. The study applied a stratified random sampling method for data collection and employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the hypothesized relationships. The results specify that knowledge management shows a significant positive association with organizational learning, which in turn reveals a positive linkage to sustainable organizational innovation in SMEs of the garment industry. The study results also specify that organizational learning mediates the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation. This research survey identifies the significance of knowledge management and organizational learning in executing the process of organizational innovation, and it helps business managers to understand organizational learning as a mediator, which in turn indicates the benefits of knowledge management in achieving sustainable organizational innovation. This review provides an empirical indication of original data to investigate the linkage between knowledge management, sustainable innovation process, and organizational learning culture in the Pakistani garment sector. The generalizability of the study fallouts is restricted to the garment industry, and it offers valuable insights for imminent researchers.

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Organizational learning, knowledge management practices and firm’s performance

The Learning Organization ◽

10.1108/tlo-05-2013-0024 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 14-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

Ajay K. Jain ◽

Ana Moreno

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Organizational Learning ◽

Performance Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Achievement Orientation ◽

Content Type ◽

Power Generation Equipment ◽

Engineering Organization ◽

Reward And Recognition ◽

The Impact

Purpose – The study aims at investigating the impact of organizational learning (OL) on the firm’s performance and knowledge management (KM) practices in a heavy engineering organization in India. Design/methodology/approach – The data were collected from 205 middle and senior executives working in the project engineering management division of a heavy engineering public sector organization. The organization manufactures power generation equipment. Questionnaires were administered to collect the data from the respondents. Findings – Results were analyzed using the exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis techniques. The findings showed that all the factors of OL, i.e. collaboration and team working, performance management, autonomy and freedom, reward and recognition and achievement orientation were found to be the positive predictors of different dimensions of firm’s performance and KM practices. Research limitations/implications – The implications are discussed to improve the OL culture to enhance the KM practices so that firm’s performance could be sustained financially or otherwise. The study is conducted in one division of a large public organization, hence generalizability is limited. Originality/value – This is an original study carried out in a large a heavy engineering organization in India that validates the theory of OL and KM in the Indian context.

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