Measuring Knowledge Culture: A Case Study

Subject Areas : Business Management

Faraj Allah Rahnavard ¹ (Assistant Professor of Management and Planning Education and Research Institute)

Received: 2007-04-08 Accepted : 2007-08-18 Published : 2007-08-23

Keywords: Knowledge Creation, Knowledge management, Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Culture, and Knowledge Application,

Abstract :

In a rapidly changing world, it is necessary for organizations to maximize their return of assets. One of the less applied assets is knowledge which is inherent in people and organizational groups. It is possible to create an organization which has systems, structure, and suitable culture for enhancing knowledge. This is what knowledge management is about to access. This article is about to analyze knowledge culture and the way of measuring such a culture in a knowledge organization. Knowledge culture addresses values and beliefs that facilitate knowledge management activities in an organization. The findings of this research in three higher education institutes indicate that knowledge culture exists at a moderate level. Although knowledge culture is different in the three institutes, the dimensions of knowledge culture are deteriorating in all of them. Hence, it is necessary to adopt an appropriate mechanism to develop knowledge culture in these organizations.

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