In this dynamic global environment only those companies survive who know the power of knowledge and consistently create new knowledge. Such knowledge creating firms utilize dynamic dimensions of human capital. Human capital is the most important resource for a firm and has ability to create new knowledge in a changing environment. Various dimensions of human capital transcend themselves through...

introduction: the present age is the age of dramatic changes in technologies whose intellectual structure deepens information and considers creative and knowledge-oriented human resource participation. the present study has been performed to determine the relationship between knowledge management and creativity among the librarians of university libraries of shiraz, iran in 2010. methods: all f...

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientific higher education center (HJAAS). Denison's Organizational Culture Model and the Building Blocks of Knowledge Management Model were used for finding this relationship. A descriptive correlative methodology was used. The stat...

Product development is a knowled ge intensive process. It is widel y recognized as a m echanism that produces fi rms to learn, to enter new technological areas, and to deal more effectively with market uncertainty. Since technology management has beco me ingrained within the field of knowledge management, product development has be en viewed and studied from a knowledge management perspective. ...

Successful knowledge management has as prerequisite an understanding of what actually constitutes ‘knowledge’. Yet the definitions of knowledge in the literature, and its relationships with ‘data’ and ‘information’, are varied, inconsistent and often contradictory. In particular the traditional hierarchy of datainformation-knowledge and its various revisions do not stand up to close scrutiny. W...

customer relationship management (crm) and knowledge management (km) have become especial and strategic keys in the current competitive environment for all companies.  the critical role of km as the main determinant of the success of crm has been the focal point of the previous researches; the present paper aimed at studying the impact of different km factors- such as customer knowledge (ck), s...

A great research suggests that effective knowledge management can strengthen organizational performance. But empirical research is very scarce. The concept of knowledge management orientation based on knowledge and resource views presents the degree to which organizations implement knowledge management. This paper mainly analyzes the relationships among knowledge management orientation, organiz...

The work presented in this paper aims to elaborate a model of knowledge evaluation within ICT solutions-supported Communities of Practice (e-CoPs). It is placed in the context of Knowledge Management (KM) services that are developed in the PALETTE project dedicated to enhance learning dynamics within e-CoPs. Building upon a study of participation and reification processes within e-CoPs, we dist...