Relationship between Knowledge Management and Organizational Performance: A Test on SMEs in Malaysia

The relationship between knowledge management and creativity in bachelor degree compared to master degree nursing students

“…(24) In a study, knowledge acquisition strategies, knowledge transfer, and knowledge application and protection led to the development of staff performance. (25) The dynamic of mental factors play an important role in the production of knowledge, and nursing students need a creative and curious mind to develop knowledge. According to the results, knowledge management activates creativity among students, that influences the use of knowledge for problem solving and creativity, and the interaction of these variables develops performance and improves creativity.…”

The Impact of Knowledge Documentation Process as an Intermediary Variable among Knowledge Acquisition Process, Organizational Culture and Human Capital

“…Currently, the application of KM are common among firms and organizations, as it enhances product innovation, decision making, profits, and productivity as well (Gamerschlag, 2013). Organizations can apply the process of KM to discover, choose, organize, distribute, and transfer considerable amount of information and expertise required to solve problem, while making possible the dynamic learning, decision making and strategic planning (Ha et al, 2015. KM also represents the capacity of an organization which enables the integration of people, technologies, processes and strategy inside the organization itself, for the purpose of generating, acquiring, applying, documenting and sharing of knowledge (Edvardsson, 2006).…”

“…In addition to creating, acquiring, documenting knowledge, KM is also associated with retrieving, using, and reviewing of organization's knowledge assets in a manner that is controlled (Birasnav and Rangnekar, 2010). Further, KM helps organization in the organizing, planning, motivating and governing people, processes and systems; in order that organization can assure that its knowledge-related assets are always improved and utilized in an effective manner (Ha et al, 2015). KM systematically and coherently coordinates the general organizational activities.…”

“…Meanwhile, documentation assists people in internalizing what they experienced, and therefore, it enriches the tacit knowledge that people possess. In addition, the use of documents or manuals eases the transfer of explicit knowledge to others, and this assists the receiver to indirectly go through the experience (Ha et al, 2015). Documentation of knowledge involves the processes of applying documented knowledge during sessions of brainstorming for solving issues of organization.…”

A Literature Review on Knowledge Management in Organizations

“…Knowledge management acquires the knowledge from both inside and outside of the organizations, translates them into strategies, applies them within organizations and protects them. The use of knowledge management can also enhance the service quality by providing faster service response time (Edvardsson & Oskarsson, 2011;Ha et al, 2015). Sirmon et al (2007) and Carrion et al (Carrion et al, 2016) stated that it is insufficient for the organizations to stay competitive with only valuable resources, they must know how to manage them effectively.…”