Research on Determinants of How Knowledge Management Affects Knowledge Creation

The paper aims to design and apply a Knowledge Management (KM) model within the context of a Higher Education (HE) institution in Mexico. The model is composed of six enablers: leadership, culture, structure, human resources, information technologies and measurement, which facilitate the processes of knowledge creation, storage, transfer and application. A 53-question survey applied to thirty-six (36) people allowed to evaluate the degree of development and implementation of knowledge enablers and processes. Objectivity, reliability and overall model fit were assessed.

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A Correlation Study between Social Capital and Knowledge Management with Emphasis on the Human Capital - The Case Study: Payame Noor University of Hormozgan (Bandarabbas)

Asian Social Science ◽

10.5539/ass.v12n6p116 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 116

Author(s):

Mansooreh Dastranj

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Human Capital ◽

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Correlation Study ◽

Knowledge Transmission ◽

Five Dimensions ◽

Transmission Of Knowledge

Universities because of the importance and position they play in the every countries’ socio-economic development, require attention to personnel social capital at the university, because the social capital, makes effective knowledge management possible.With respect to the importance of social and human capital and knowledge management, the present study was done to explore the relationship between social capital and knowledge management with emphasis on the human capital. This research is survey- descriptive of correlation type and the required data were collected through library-field. The subjects in this study consist of Payame Noor University staff of Hormozgan province.In this study, 54 staff of Bandar Abbas Payame Noor University were selected through random sampling. After gathering the required data through knowledge management questionnaire, knowledge management processes were measured based on the five dimensions such as the capture of knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, transmission of knowledge, creation of knowledge and application of knowledge. In order to provide for the reliability of the questionaire cronbachs alpha was used. In order to check the significance of the difference between responses descriptive and inferential statistics such as regression, one way anova and t test were run using SPSS version 20. The result show that the staff means score of knowledge management was 76/66±20/48. The result shows that there was a significant relationship between social capital and knowledge management. Also there was a significant relationship between social capital and the five components of knowledge management such as capture of knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, transmission of knowledge, creation of knowledge and application of knowledge. Also there was a significant relationship between human capital and the component of knowledge management.

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Enhancing innovation capability maturity through knowledge conversion

Acta Commercii ◽

10.4102/ac.v11i1.162 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

D. Esterhuizen ◽

C. S.L. Schutte ◽

A. S.A Du Toit

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Time Frame ◽

Innovation Capability ◽

Strong Basis ◽

Knowledge Conversion ◽

Capability Maturity ◽

Use Of Knowledge ◽

The Impact ◽

Subject Theory

Purpose: This research was aimed at investigating organisational support by means of knowledge conversion processes toward maturity growth in innovation capability areas. Problem investigated: No formal guidelines exist for the use of knowledge management to grow innovation capability maturity. As knowledge management plays a fundamental role in an enterprise's ability to innovate successfully, the following question arises: Can knowledge creation processes be used to enable innovation capability maturity growth? Methodology: The literature therefore provides a strong basis for the argument that knowledge management and more specifically knowledge creation processes could be used to improve an enterprise's innovation capability maturity. A knowledge creation framework that enables innovation capability maturity growth was designed by aligning knowledge creation processes to the requirements for innovation capability growth from one maturity level to the next. The time-frame of the research did not allow the implementation of the framework, and five industry and subject theory experts were used to evaluate the framework. Findings: All five experts responded positively to, and were in agreement that the reasoning applied when identifying the specific knowledge creation process path as a key enabler of growth between innovation capability maturity levels is logical and sound. Value of research: The unique research contribution of the framework lies in providing a tangible link between the fields of knowledge management and innovation capability maturity.Conclusion: The impact of this research lies in the development of a knowledge creation framework that provides guidelines for the use of knowledge creation processes as a vehicle for innovation capability maturity growth.

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Ontology-Based Competency Management

Intelligent Learning Infrastructure for Knowledge Intensive Organizations ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-503-0.ch011 ◽

2005 ◽

pp. 302-324 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Miguel-Angel Sicilia

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Human Resource ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Complex Process ◽

Knowledge Intensive Organizations ◽

Knowledge Intensive ◽

Organizational Needs ◽

Dynamic Cycle ◽

Competency Management

Learning activities can be considered the final outcome of a complex process inside knowledge intensive organizations. This complex process encompasses a dynamic cycle, a loop in which business or organizational needs trigger the necessity of acquiring or enhancing human resource competencies that are essential to the fulfillment of the organizational objectives. This continuous evolution of organizational knowledge requires the management of records of available and required competencies, and the automation of such competency handling thus becomes a key issue for the effective functioning of knowledge management activities. This chapter describes the use of ontologies as the enabling semantic infrastructure of competency management, describing the main aspects and scenarios of the knowledge creation cycle from the perspective of its connection with competency definitions.

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The Creation of a Context to Knowledge Management and Innovation

Handbook of Research on Strategic Innovation Management for Improved Competitive Advantage - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3012-1.ch021 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 383-396

Author(s):

Rodrigo Dos Santos Costa

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Tacit Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Central Axis ◽

The Internet ◽

Information Economy ◽

Public Data ◽

And Storage ◽

The Web

In spite of a contemporary discussion about the management of knowledge and the deep use of technologies focused on architecture, organization and knowledge detection based on organization inner data analysis, as well as public data available on the internet, it is necessary a critic look above the organization knowledge creation processes even as the load of tacit knowledge there is in an organization. It is observed that the evolution of technologies, such as mobile computing, the web, besides the architecture of the computers and their ability of handling and storage data, has brought to the information economy or the age of knowledge, diverting focus on people, the central axis of organizational knowledge, and their ability to reason, infer, make decisions, and above them all the processes of knowledge creation focused on the collaborative solution of problems and generation of innovation based on the socialization of knowledge.

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Enabling Intelligence in Web-Based Collaborative Knowledge Management System

Mobile and Web Innovations in Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2470-2.ch004 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 63-82

Author(s):

Krissada Maleewong ◽

Chutiporn Anutariya ◽

Vilas Wuwongse

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Management System ◽

Knowledge Management System ◽

Web Based ◽

Creation Process ◽

Relevant Term ◽

Collaborative Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Representation Language ◽

Collaborative Knowledge

This paper presents an approach to enhance various intelligent services of a Web-based collaborative knowledge management system. The proposed approach applies the two widely-used argumentation technologies, namely IBIS and Toulmin’s argumentation schemes, to structurally capture the deliberation and collaboration occurred during the consensual knowledge creation process. It employs RDF and OWL as its underlying knowledge representation language with well-defined semantics and reasoning mechanisms. Users can easily create knowledge using a simple corresponding graphical notation with machine-processable semantics. Derivation of implicit knowledge, similar concept discovery, as well as semantic search, are also enabled. In addition, the proposed approach incorporates the term suggestion function for assisting users in the knowledge creation process by computing the relevance score for each relevant term, and presenting the most relevant terms to users for possible term reusing or equivalence concepts mapping. To ensure the knowledge consistency, a logical mechanism for validating conflicting arguments and contradicting concepts is also developed. Founded on the proposed approach, a Web-based system, namely ciSAM, is implemented and available for public usage.

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The Different Key Processes in the Implementation of Knowledge Management Among IC Designers, Distributors and Manufacturers

E-Adoption and Socio-Economic Impacts ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-597-1.ch019 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 362-377

Author(s):

Pei-Di Shen ◽

Tsang-Hsiung Lee ◽

Chia-Wen Tsai ◽

Yi-Fen Chen

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Case Studies ◽

Integrated Circuit ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Semiconductor Manufacturing ◽

Knowledge Application ◽

Exploratory Investigation ◽

Manufacturing Company

This study is an exploratory investigation of the enabling roles of knowledge management for integrated circuit (IC) Designers, Distributors, and Manufacturers. This study explores the different enabling roles in terms of knowledge creation, storage/retrieval, transfer and application when businesses implement knowledge management in upstream, midstream, and downstream firms in the IC industry. Three cases, Winbond, Worldpeace, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) were studied and analyzed systemically to illustrate the findings and insights in this study. The findings in this study point out that IC designers may focus more on knowledge storage, while IC distributors pay more attention to knowledge application and IC Manufacturers emphasize knowledge creation. The necessity to implement knowledge management in the distribution industry is also emphasized in this study. Moreover, the reasons for the different enabling roles are presented in the ‘Insights from Case Studies’ section of the paper.

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Managing Requirements Elicitation Knowledge using a Spatial Hypertext Wiki

Knowledge Engineering for Software Development Life Cycles ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-509-4.ch004 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 68-83

Author(s):

Carlos Solis ◽

Nour Ali

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Tacit Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Requirements Elicitation ◽

Conversion Process ◽

Management Tools ◽

Prioritization Process ◽

Knowledge Types ◽

Requirements Negotiation ◽

Knowledge Management Tools

Wikis have been widely used as knowledge management tools. However, most of them do not support the conversion process of knowledge in an appropriate way. Specifically, they do not support brainstorming and creativity techniques, which are needed to convert tacit knowledge into explicit. This chapter presents how a wiki tool called the Spatial Hypertext Wiki (ShyWiki) can be used for supporting collaborative requirements elicitation following the knowledge creation spiral of Nonaka. The knowledge conversions in the spiral (socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization) and the knowledge types in each conversion are related to different activities in requirements elicitation, which can be performed through ShyWiki. ShyWiki allows stakeholders to collaborate by creating, brainstorming, structuring and reorganizing requirements contained in notes. In this way, the requirements negotiation and prioritization process can be done through the wiki pages which are seen as virtual boards that hold hypertext notes.

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Managing Mobile Healthcare Knowledge

Health Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-988-5.ch046 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 733-749

Author(s):

Teppo Räisänen ◽

Harri Oinas-Kukkonen ◽

Katja Leiviskä ◽

Matti Seppänen ◽

Markku Kallio

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Information Systems ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Collective Intelligence ◽

Knowledge Work ◽

Mobile System ◽

Healthcare Information ◽

Healthcare Information Systems ◽

Mobile Healthcare ◽

Work Community

Incorporating healthcare information systems into clinical settings has been shown to reduce medication errors and improve the quality of work in general by improving medical decision making and by saving time. This chapter aims to demonstrate that mobile healthcare information system may also help physicians to communicate and collaborate as well as learn and share their experiences within their work community. Physicians’ usage of a mobile system is analyzed through a knowledge management framework known as the 7C model. The data was collected through the Internet among all of the 352 users of the mobile system. The results indicate that frequent use of the system seemed to improve individual physicians’ knowledge work as well as the collective intelligence of a work community. The guide for acute care, evidence-based medicine guidelines and information related to drug interactions supported the knowledge creation to a large extent. As such, mobile healthcare information systems may be capable of supporting the different sub-processes of knowledge creation and the knowledge work of individual physicians, and through this also improving the collective intelligence of the work community. Overall, knowledge management seems to be a prominent approach for studying healthcare information systems and their impact on the work of physicians.

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