This paper is about knowledge management (KM) in organizations and reports the results of a research project carried out in the Department of Informatics (Computer Science) of the University of Beira Interior – Portugal. The study aimed at to identify and to understand knowledge generation, knowledge transfer and knowledge sharing among the actors of a university department. Based upon the stud...

complicacy, variety and ever-increasing changes, assumed as outstandingly evident organizational environment features, impose a situation where inconsiderate attitude or carelessness could end in loss of competitiveness or even survival among rivals. today, organizations have come to the point that nothing, but knowledge and innovation could make them desirably successful in a competitive world...

This paper aims to use a priority framework based on Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) to help organizations build awareness of the critical influential factors affecting successful implementation of KM. To identify critical influential factors, the authors studied and reviewed relevant literature from numerous fields of study associated with the essential issues of ...

the present paper deals with the role of played by knowledge management in organizations and its impact on their improved operations, including libraries. the km mission within an organization is to transform the tacit knowledge of employees into an important source for decision making as well as proactive documentation of explicit knowledge for achieving organizational goals. the closer man’s ...

The objective of this article is to verify how the coaching process can contribute development Personal Knowledge Management (PKM). Despite being extensively discussed in business environment, especially executives and leadership, sports field, debate about other areas personal still its early stages, as knowledge management. Although many works, PKM treated a subarea management, paper, we cons...

Knowledge work gains more and more importance for the workforce. Thereby knowledge workers (KWers) deal with information personally relevant to them and their work. Furthermore, they use tools to support their work like, e.g., desktop workspaces and specialized applications. However, KWer support is hindered in these applications by personal information fragmentation, i.e., applications needed ...

It is difficult for organizations to effectively manage personal knowledge so it can be mobilized, shared, and rewarded to benefit the organization. The difficulties are compounded in large organizations where people with potentially valuable knowledge are unknown to one another and dispersed geographically. Issues that are potentially amenable to management include identification, indexing and...