The Diffusion of the Concept of Knowledge Management among African Scholars

2017 ◽  
pp. 124-148
Author(s):  
Akakandelwa Akakandelwa
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Technology Advancement ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Structured Knowledge

Knowledge Management (KM) is a new phenomenon that is directly related to the recent emergence of the knowledge economy and technology advancement. It consists of the initiatives and systems that sustain and support the creation, storage, dissemination, assessment, application, refinement and exchange of relevant knowledge (UNDP, 2012). The application of Knowledge Management, generally, can assist to facilitate the capturing and sharing of various experiences by societies. Its acquisition can ensure that knowledge is converted to useful information which informs decision making. This sharing of experience and knowledge can take place through formal meetings or in informal encounters and should be managed through structured Knowledge Management processes. The understanding of what constitutes Knowledge Management (KM) has different meanings to different people. This paper investigates the diffusion of the concept of Knowledge Management in Africa in the last two decades using bibliometric techniques. The paper has investigated the total production of Knowledge Management related publications by African researchers. Furthermore, the paper has investigated the diffusion of KM concept through collaboration among institutions of higher learning (universities, colleges, and polytechnics). It also investigated the preferred channels of dissemination of KM research, the most prolific African researchers on KM, and the prominent journals in which these researchers publish their publications.

The Diffusion of the Concept of Knowledge Management among African Scholars

2020 ◽  
pp. 399-423
Author(s):  
Akakandelwa Akakandelwa
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Technology Advancement ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Structured Knowledge

Knowledge Management (KM) is a new phenomenon that is directly related to the recent emergence of the knowledge economy and technology advancement. It consists of the initiatives and systems that sustain and support the creation, storage, dissemination, assessment, application, refinement and exchange of relevant knowledge (UNDP, 2012). The application of Knowledge Management, generally, can assist to facilitate the capturing and sharing of various experiences by societies. Its acquisition can ensure that knowledge is converted to useful information which informs decision making. This sharing of experience and knowledge can take place through formal meetings or in informal encounters and should be managed through structured Knowledge Management processes. The understanding of what constitutes Knowledge Management (KM) has different meanings to different people. This paper investigates the diffusion of the concept of Knowledge Management in Africa in the last two decades using bibliometric techniques. The paper has investigated the total production of Knowledge Management related publications by African researchers. Furthermore, the paper has investigated the diffusion of KM concept through collaboration among institutions of higher learning (universities, colleges, and polytechnics). It also investigated the preferred channels of dissemination of KM research, the most prolific African researchers on KM, and the prominent journals in which these researchers publish their publications.

Knowledge Management Implementation of Virtual Corporate Memory in Institutions of Higher Learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 3198-3200
Author(s):  
Suzana Basaruddin ◽  
Haryani Haron ◽  
Wan Nor Hannani Wan Dagang ◽  
Siti Arpah Noordin ◽  
Nor Diana Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Corporate Memory

The Study of Women in Islam and the West: A Select Bibliography

Hawwa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
The West ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Women In Islam ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Select Bibliography ◽  
Available Information

AbstractThis bibliography sets out to explore the topics that Muslim women in the West reflected on and researched as they joined the institutions of higher learning and began to have an input in the creation of knowledge. It also attempts to gather the available information about the experiences of Muslim women and surveys the available literature in English on Muslim women living in the West. While Muslim women have been professionally active in many fields, the bibliography is focused primarily on the production of knowledge by professors in the humanities and the social sciences and their contribution to our understanding of the debates about the women of Islam.

Relationship between Knowledge Management and Academic Integrity in a Middle Eastern University

2016 ◽  
pp. 241-264
Author(s):  
Judith Mavodza
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Ethical Challenge ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The Difference

The difference between knowledge sharing as enabled in a knowledge management (KM) environment, and academic honesty continuously needs clarification and reinforcement in academic institutions. Teaching includes getting students to realize that knowledge is an asset that can be ethically used for creativity and innovation, resulting in the enhancement of the corporate image and effectiveness of a university. Studies have confirmed that academic dishonesty is an ethical challenge facing many academic institutions of higher learning. In the Middle East, the use of English as a second language is often cited as a contributing factor to students' plagiarizing, but the problem extends to the use of Arabic language sources too. Conflicts in approach may arise because KM works well in an environment of sharing, and yet acknowledging academic productivity of others may not always happen spontaneously. This is a challenge faced in MOOCs and by institutions of higher learning the world over.

Application of Knowledge Management in University Research and Higher Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 92-114
Author(s):  
Lalitha Raman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
University Research ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

Institutions of higher learning are continuously striving to create and sustain excellence. In this endeavor, one of the major initiatives is to harness the available inputs i.e., the in-house resources and put the same to optimal use. In organizations of higher learning, knowledge creation and dissemination are the assets of the institution. The Department of Commerce and Management at Jyoti Nivas College has initiated the formation of COPs .These COPs are created by the workforce among themselves. It is not handed down from the top level management. It fits into the framework of a ‘peer group' which can function as an informal community of peers and which can evolve into an institutionalized forum for interactions that creates and generates knowledge. In these COPs parallel or concurrent thought process happens, wherein, decentralization increases, dependence on one person as source for ideas reduces. These communities' sharing activity can be taken up at academic research community, researcher's group on KM. It is a step towards collaborative learning.

Methodologies for assessing knowledge management in the Arab nation

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 400-420
Author(s):  
Grine Rabie
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Technological Information ◽  
And Training

In the 21st century, knowledge has come to be counted as the new primary delimiter in balances of power in the global system and the decisive factor within it, meaning that power and political authority have come to be tied to the production of knowledge and the capability to use it creatively. The process of transformation towards the stage of a new economy demands assessment and development of four primary focal points in a knowledge economy and these are education and training, infrastructure for information, economic incentives, an institutional system, and a system of innovation. The Arab countries are orienting towards a knowledge economy by improving their educational sectors via the adoption of modern techniques and investment in technological, information and communications infrastructure, and by depending upon robust programmes of research and development, while improving the business environment and that of workers in general. This article focuses on the process of transformation to a knowledge economy taking place in the Arab countries. The first section deals with the nature of assessing knowledge management; the second explores the most significant methodologies for assessing Arab knowledge performance for which we adopted a method of qualitative analysis through a presentation of findings published in global reports dealing with knowledge performance, its indicators and analysis.

Application of Knowledge Management in University Research and Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 32-50
Author(s):  
Lalitha Raman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
University Research ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

Institutions of higher learning are continuously striving to create and sustain excellence. In this endeavor, one of the major initiatives is to harness the available inputs i.e., the in-house resources and put the same to optimal use. In organizations of higher learning, knowledge creation and dissemination are the assets of the institution. The Department of Commerce and Management at Jyoti Nivas College has initiated the formation of COPs .These COPs are created by the workforce among themselves. It is not handed down from the top level management. It fits into the framework of a ‘peer group' which can function as an informal community of peers and which can evolve into an institutionalized forum for interactions that creates and generates knowledge. In these COPs parallel or concurrent thought process happens, wherein, decentralization increases, dependence on one person as source for ideas reduces. These communities' sharing activity can be taken up at academic research community, researcher's group on KM. It is a step towards collaborative learning.

Situational Leadership for Quality Graduate Research in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 141-155
Author(s):  
Hylton James Villet
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Situational Leadership ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Graduate Research

Quality postgraduate supervision is key in ensuring that postgraduate programs at institutions of higher learning produce quality graduates and in turn play an appropriate role in building a knowledge economy. In essence, the role of the supervisor is to support the postgraduate student to successfully complete specific tasks in line with the research process. Supervisors adopt a variety of styles to supervise students. Adopting an exploratory research approach the chapter deliberates the supervisor-student dyad through the lens of the situational leadership model.

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