Knowledge management is recognized as important weapon for sustaining competitive advantage and improving performance. The evaluation of knowledge management (KM) performance has become increasingly important since it provides the reference for directing the organizations to enhance their performance and competitiveness. Also, working together involves interdependence, and people must therefore depend on others in various ways to accomplish their personal and organizational goal. This study aims to investigate the difference between manufacturing sector and service sector in Egypt as regards the impact of Organizational Structure dimensions on Knowledge Management activities. The study is carried out through administering questionnaires to 211 employees (110 employees from manufacturing sector and 101 employees from sector companies) from 7 organizations (4 manufacturing organizationsand 3 service organizations). The questionnaire consists of three parts. First part contains personal information. Second part contains Knowledge Management capabilities such as knowledge creation, sharing and utilization. Third part measures the organizational structure dimensions. The statements are assessed by using Likert scale of five points scale ranging from 1 - “highly agree” to 5 - “highly disagree”. The questionnaire was developed on the basis of some previous studies. In order to assess the reliability, the reliability coefficient was calculated by using Cranbach’s alpha that the values of cronbach’s alpha for the variables under study exceed 0.6, which is an acceptable level for the reliability of the variables. There are two variables in the present study:the independent variable is Organizational Structure dimensions, and the dependent variable is Knowledge Management. This study will find out the effect of Organizational Structure dimensions on Knowledge Management in manufacturing and service sectors. This study has multilevel units of analysis which are organizational structure dimensions and knowledge management activities, while the unit of observation is the employees working in the companies in both sectors. Collecting and analyzing data based on correlation coefficient of Pearson and hierarchal regression showed that there was a direct relationship between organizational structure dimensions and knowledge management more in service sector than the product sector and opened up new questions to be explored by future research. Knowledge management activities in product sector are predicted by centralization and integration dimensions. Also, in service sector, knowledge management activities arehighly predicted by centralization, integration and complexity. For the future research endeavors, it is recommended to investigate the impact of demographic characteristics as control variables and the cultural dimensions on the relationship between organizational structure dimensions and knowledge management activities. It is also recommended to measure the effect of other organizational dimensions such asprofessionalism, personnel ratios

This research aims to explore and identify the critical success factors (CSFs) needed to facilitate and guarantee the implementation of successful public private partnership (PPP) projects in the education sector in Egypt. Thus, the research proposed a CSFs model based on an exhaustive literature review to identify CSFs for PPPs’ successful implementation. The identified 21 CSFs were divided into four groups: political, legal, economic and financial as well as operational and managerial. A qualitative and quantitative analysis that involved semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire survey tool was applied to gather required data. Then, data were analyzed using the Nvivo program, correlation, and structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypothesis for the research. The results showed that the set of four CSFs groups which are political, legal, economic and financial as well as managerial and operational have positive significant impacts on successful PPP implementation in education in Egypt. Results also show that managerial and operational factors are the most significant factors followed by legal factors, political factors, then economic and financial factors. Finally, it is worth mentioning that the research findings provide the private sector investor with the direction, clarity and guidance essential to create the confidence needed to invest in the education market and programs in Egypt. It also provides public sector employees with a clear vision for the environment and conditions needed to embrace PPP projects in the sector of education in Egypt.

This study is an exploratory study aims to investigate the impact of employer branding personality on employee differentiation, loyalty, satisfaction and affinity among organizations in Pharmaceuticals industry in Egypt. The survey was based on corporate character scale & employee behavior indicators that had been modified and used locally. The paper surveyed literature review of the employer branding (EB) concept and employee differentiation, loyalty, satisfaction and affinity & the pharmaceutical sector overview in Egypt.The study findings employer branding impact employee differentiation, loyalty, satisfaction and affinity as illustrated through paper. Which, deeply interwoven and opens up new questions to be explored by future research identified through paper.

A research gap was found in evaluating the role of Innovative Work Behavior in the food and Beverage sector, which is important for organizations to gain a competitive advantage. Therefore, this research aims to test the impact of the Perceived Organization Support and on the Employees Innovative Work Behavior in the Food and Beverage Sector in Egypt. It also aims to test the mediation role of Learning Organizations and Work Engagement between each of Perceived Organization Support and Employees Innovative Work Behavior. Thus, a semi-structured interview will be constructed with managers of Food and Beverage SMEs to explore the dimensions affecting Innovative Work Behavior. Also, a questionnaire will be constructed with the employees of the same SMEs to test the relationships under study. Regression analysis and structural equation modeling will be used to respond to the research hypotheses.

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