Using Knowledge Management to Create Self-Reliant Communities in Thailand

Many look at knowledge management as an organizational initiative. However, can KM also be used to assist low technology situations such as rural villages? This paper describes the application of KM to the creation of a self-reliant community in Thailand. Changing demographics are threatening the ability of rural villages to sustain their viability as traditional methods of passing knowledge from one generation to the next are circumvented by the movement of the young to more urbanized areas of Thailand. KM is seen as a way of changing the traditional knowledge transfer process to something that assists those who remain in the villages. The KM approach investigated consisted of five stages: 1) Preparation, 2) Create motivation, awareness, promote participation, 3) Develop the KM plan, 4) Implement the KM plan, and 5) Evaluation. The approach was assessed and found to be successful by using eight organizations over an 8-month period.

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Transferring Knowledge in a Knowledge-Based Economy

Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-883-3.ch127 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 862-870 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lauren Edelstein Henry ◽

Doris Lee

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Literature Review ◽

Transfer Process ◽

Background Information ◽

Pertinent Literature ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Knowledge Based Economy ◽

Independent Analysis ◽

The Creation

Knowledge is considered a major asset for companies competing in today’s knowledge-based economy. Management and retention of this knowledge is a critical task in keeping companies ahead of the game. This article will focus on one component of knowledge management, that is, the creation of a successful knowledge transfer process by using an integrative literature review method (Torracco, 2005). An integrative literature review is a form of research where the pertinent literature on a topic was systematically reviewed, analyzed, and synthesized in hopes of reaching a new and better understanding of the topic. Multiple databases were used in gathering literature for this article. Common themes that serve as findings of the study were through the processes of independent analysis of each researcher and joint discussion of the two researchers of the study. In the following sections, background information and definitions concerning knowledge transfer are presented followed by the identified themes. Finally, pertinent discussions regarding trends of knowledge transfer are discussed.

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Relational Competence-Based Knowledge Transfer Within Intrafamily Succession

Family Business Review ◽

10.1177/0894486513480386 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 10-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Isabella R. Hatak ◽

Dietmar Roessl

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Transfer Process ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Relational Competence ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Successful Business ◽

The Relationship

This article discusses the challenges of knowledge management within intrafamily succession against the background of the knowledge-based view. As a knowledge transfer is crucial for a successful business continuation, factors that promote the interpersonal knowledge transfer are identified. Since the quality of the relationship between successor and predecessor is considered a key determinant of knowledge transfer, the role of relational competence in the knowledge transfer process is analyzed. A laboratory experiment ( N = 107) was conducted to test the derived hypotheses. In its conclusion, the article presents the empirically confirmed strong relationship between relational competence and knowledge transfer within intrafamily succession.

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Inter-Organisational Knowledge Transfer Process Model

Knowledge Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch054 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 641-648

Author(s):

Shizhong Chen ◽

Yanqing Duan ◽

John S. Edwards

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Transfer Process ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Process Model ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Management Process ◽

Related Literature ◽

Organisational Knowledge ◽

Technology And Economy

Knowledge management (KM) is an emerging discipline (Ives, Torrey & Gordon, 1997) and characterised by four processes: generation, codification, transfer, and application (Alavi & Leidner, 2001). Completing the loop, knowledge transfer is regarded as a precursor to knowledge creation (Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995) and thus forms an essential part of the knowledge management process. The understanding of how knowledge is transferred is very important for explaining the evolution and change in institutions, organisations, technology, and economy. However, knowledge transfer is often found to be laborious, time consuming, complicated, and difficult to understand (Huber, 2001; Szulanski, 2000). It has received negligible systematic attention (Huber, 2001; Szulanski, 2000), thus we know little about it (Huber, 2001). However, some literature, such as Davenport and Prusak (1998) and Shariq (1999), has attempted to address knowledge transfer within an organisation, but studies on inter-organisational knowledge transfer are still much neglected. An emergent view is that it may be beneficial for organisations if more research can be done to help them understand and, thus, to improve their inter-organisational knowledge transfer process. Therefore, this article aims to provide an overview of the inter-organisational knowledge transfer and its related literature and present a proposed inter-organisational knowledge transfer process model based on theoretical and empirical studies.

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Inter-Organisational Knowledge Transfer Process Model

Encyclopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-556-6.ch043 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 239-245 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Shizhong Chen ◽

Yanqing Duan ◽

John S. Edwards

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Transfer Process ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Process Model ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Management Process ◽

Related Literature ◽

Organisational Knowledge ◽

Technology And Economy

Knowledge management (KM) is an emerging discipline (Ives, Torrey & Gordon, 1997) and characterised by four processes: generation, codification, transfer, and application (Alavi & Leidner, 2001). Completing the loop, knowledge transfer is regarded as a precursor to knowledge creation (Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995) and thus forms an essential part of the knowledge management process. The understanding of how knowledge is transferred is very important for explaining the evolution and change in institutions, organisations, technology, and economy. However, knowledge transfer is often found to be laborious, time consuming, complicated, and difficult to understand (Huber, 2001; Szulanski, 2000). It has received negligible systematic attention (Huber, 2001; Szulanski, 2000), thus we know little about it (Huber, 2001). However, some literature, such as Davenport and Prusak (1998) and Shariq (1999), has attempted to address knowledge transfer within an organisation, but studies on inter-organisational knowledge transfer are still much neglected. An emergent view is that it may be beneficial for organisations if more research can be done to help them understand and, thus, to improve their inter-organisational knowledge transfer process. Therefore, this article aims to provide an overview of the inter-organisational knowledge transfer and its related literature and present a proposed inter-organisational knowledge transfer process model based on theoretical and empirical studies.

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Traditional Knowledge Management and Usage of Medicinal Plants as Daily Medication in Healing Rituals Among the Batek of Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, Kelantan :an Exploratory Evidence

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.14294 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2.29) ◽

pp. 980

Author(s):

Amran Alias ◽

Hood Salleh ◽

Shaharuddin Mohamad Ismail ◽

Sarah Aziz Abdul Ghani Aziz ◽

Mohd Suhaidi Salleh ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Traditional Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Generation ◽

Main Question ◽

Theory Approach ◽

Holistic View ◽

Codified Knowledge ◽

Healing Rituals

Traditional knowledge related to medicinal plants of the indigenous people are indeed a useful asset for the community. The knowledge that had been traditionally inherited from their ancestors is an integral part of their survival as they live symbiotically with the forests. While many researches and literatures are focusing on documenting and recording these knowledge, not much has been researched in understanding the holistic process of the knowledge management particularly at the indigenous community level. This paper provides an attempt to reveal empirical findings about the management and use of medicinal plants in ailment healing rituals. In order to enable a holistic view of the management of knowledge at the study site, the main question asked was what happened during the four processes of knowledge management namely knowledge generation, knowledge codification, knowledge utilization and knowledge transfer. Using the Batek community of Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, in the state of Kelantan as a case study, ethnographic methods of individual and group interviews, observations and participants observations as well as document analysis, were employed to gather the data from the study site and the grounded theory approach was used for data analysis to enable the emergence of the themes to understand the phenomena at the study site. The study, conducted from 2014-2016, involved prolonged stays with the community. The findings revealed that there was an ‘undocumented means of knowledge generation with potential loss of traditional knowledge’, while there was a non-codified knowledge being practiced in the community and widespread inability of basic reading and writing skills among younger generation. In addition, there was a high level of traditional knowledge utilisation in the community but some procedures such as ritual practices have been simplified while there was a complete absence of documentation of traditional knowledge by members of the community that might weaken knowledge transfer.

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A Model to Reduce the Risk of Projects Guided by the Knowledge Management Process

Start-Ups and SMEs ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-1760-4.ch006 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 86-101

Author(s):

Menaouer Brahami ◽

Nada Matta

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Transfer Process ◽

Management Process ◽

Information Revolution ◽

New Model ◽

Useful Knowledge ◽

Risk Management Process ◽

Strategic Issue

Knowledge plays a key role in the information revolution. Major challenges are to select the information from numerous sources and transform it into useful knowledge. In this context and in an economy strongly focused on the “Knowledge”, take the turn of knowledge management becomes a strategic issue for the survival of organizations. However, the research in knowledge management focuses mainly on the creation, capitalization, and knowledge transfer process. Researchers are centered on the establishment of the knowledge management process in companies, but little about interaction between the knowledge management process and the risk management process. In this article, the authors propose a new model to reduce the risk of projects guided by the knowledge management process represented by the GAMETH method. They apply their approach to ammonia industry presented by the FERTIAL (Algerian-Spanish company).

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A Model to Reduce the Risk of Projects Guided by the Knowledge Management Process

International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector ◽

10.4018/ijisss.2018040103 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 36-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Menaouer Brahami ◽

Nada Matta

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Transfer Process ◽

Management Process ◽

Information Revolution ◽

New Model ◽

Useful Knowledge ◽

Risk Management Process ◽

Strategic Issue

Knowledge plays a key role in the information revolution. Major challenges are to select the information from numerous sources and transform it into useful knowledge. In this context and in an economy strongly focused on the “Knowledge”, take the turn of knowledge management becomes a strategic issue for the survival of organizations. However, the research in knowledge management focuses mainly on the creation, capitalization, and knowledge transfer process. Researchers are centered on the establishment of the knowledge management process in companies, but little about interaction between the knowledge management process and the risk management process. In this article, the authors propose a new model to reduce the risk of projects guided by the knowledge management process represented by the GAMETH method. They apply their approach to ammonia industry presented by the FERTIAL (Algerian-Spanish company).

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Knowledge Continuity Management Process In Organizations

Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER) ◽

10.19030/jber.v4i3.2729 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Veli Denizhan Kalkan

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Current Literature ◽

Transfer Process ◽

Business Continuity ◽

Management Process ◽

Font Size ◽

Managerial Implications

Current literature on knowledge management generally treats knowledge transfer as a process being realized within the same employee generation; among current employees.  Knowledge transfer between employee generations, from current employees to successor employees, is largely ignored.  The neglected process, called as knowledge continuity management, is vital for the firm’s survival and competitiveness. Concentrating on the process of knowledge continuity management, this paper illustrates the importance of knowledge continuity within the integrity of knowledge transfer and business continuity.  It also discusses the theoretical and managerial implications of this neglected, however challenging, dimension of knowledge transfer process.

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Industry 4.0 HUB: A Collaborative Knowledge Transfer Platform for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11125548 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. 5548

Author(s):

Alberto Cotrino ◽

Miguel A. Sebastián ◽

Cristina González-Gaya

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

European Commission ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Industrie 4.0 ◽

Digital Innovation ◽

Web Based ◽

The Creation ◽

Collaborative Knowledge ◽

Lack Of Knowledge

Industry 4.0 brings opportunities for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but SMEs are lacking Industry 4.0 knowledge, and this might result in a challenge to support SMEs’ competitiveness and productivity. During recent years, the European Commission and some government initiatives have been fostering the transition toward Industry 4.0 for SMEs through the creation of Digital Innovation Hubs, the Plattform Industrie 4.0, and some other initiatives. Nonetheless, the authors consider that the lack of knowledge is still a risk toward Industry 4.0 transformation for SMEs. New ways to improve Industry 4.0 knowledge management and especially the knowledge transfer must be developed. When SMEs start the transition to Industry 4.0, first of all, they do not want to start from scratch, and secondly, it can be easy to get lost in the multitude of technologies and tools that are available in today’s market. There is a gap in which to provide a collaborative Industry 4.0 knowledge transfer platform or hub designed for SMEs. Therefore, this research aims to enhance Industry 4.0 knowledge transfer through the development of a collaborative, web-based knowledge transfer Industry 4.0 platform. The outcome of this research is a developed platform that will be referred to as Industry 4.0 HUB.

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