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Knowledge management: practices and challenges
Industrial Management & Data Systems (2000)
  • Babita Gupta, California State University, Monterey Bay
  • Lakshmi S. Iyer, University of Dayton
  • Jay E. Aronson, University of Georgia
Abstract
Knowledge management (KM) is a process that deals with the development, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information and expertise within an organization to support and improve its business performance. Organizations are realizing that knowledge is a crucial resource for organizations and it should be managed judiciously. Organizations need to harness knowledge not only to stay competitive, but also to become innovative. KM requires a major shift in organizational culture and a commitment at all levels of a firm to make it work. Through a supportive organizational climate, ideally, through effective KM, an organization can bring its entire organizational learning and knowledge to bear on any problem, anywhere in the world, at anytime.
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Publication Date
2000
DOI
10.1108/02635570010273018
Citation Information
Babita Gupta, Lakshmi S. Iyer and Jay E. Aronson. "Knowledge management: practices and challenges" Industrial Management & Data Systems Vol. 100 Iss. 1 (2000) p. 17 - 21
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/babita-gupta/39/