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Knowledge management in its context: Adapting structure to a knowledge creating culture

Knowledge management in its context: Adapting structure to a knowledge creating culture This study focuses on knowledge management in relation to its organizational context. It argues that knowledge management is not just computer and information systems; it embodies organizational processes that seek to augment the creative, innovative capacity of human beings. Specifically, the study regards the compatibility between the organizational structure and corporate culture essential for activating a knowledge base culture in modern organizations. The study sets a proposed framework on how to transform Arab bureaucracies into knowledge creating cultures by means of designing the right structure in which information sharing, learning, and knowledge formation should be parts of the organizational norm. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Commerce and Management Emerald Publishing

Knowledge management in its context: Adapting structure to a knowledge creating culture

Hala Sabri
International Journal of Commerce and Management , Volume 15 (2): 16 – May 31, 2005
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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 2005 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
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1056-9219
DOI
10.1108/10569210580000191
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Abstract

This study focuses on knowledge management in relation to its organizational context. It argues that knowledge management is not just computer and information systems; it embodies organizational processes that seek to augment the creative, innovative capacity of human beings. Specifically, the study regards the compatibility between the organizational structure and corporate culture essential for activating a knowledge base culture in modern organizations. The study sets a proposed framework on how to transform Arab bureaucracies into knowledge creating cultures by means of designing the right structure in which information sharing, learning, and knowledge formation should be parts of the organizational norm.

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International Journal of Commerce and Management – Emerald Publishing

Published: May 31, 2005

Keywords: Knowledge management; Organizational structures; Corporate culture; Arabian Penninsula; Developing countries

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