Impact of size of the manufacturing firms on knowledge management practices: an empirical analysis
Manufacturing sector is the driver of economic growth of developing countries and employment. Knowledge and knowledge management result in manufacturing excellence by improving productivity and flexibility of the organizations’ operations. This study has identified four fundamental knowledge mana...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9604/1/12176-33183-1-SM.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9604/ http://ejournal.ukm.my/pengurusan/issue/view/749 |
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| Summary: | Manufacturing sector is the driver of economic growth of developing countries and employment.
Knowledge and knowledge management result in manufacturing excellence by improving
productivity and flexibility of the organizations’ operations. This study has identified four
fundamental knowledge management processes from the literature, namely knowledge
acquisition, knowledge creation, knowledge storage and knowledge sharing that contribute to
the growth of the organizations. Thus, we had developed a questionnaire to analyze these
processes in the Indian manufacturing sector. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed using
LISREL (Linear Structural Relations) software, that is, to test the convergence of the observed
variables to each of the knowledge management processes. The results showed a good model fit
for all the knowledge managerial processes. Then the data were explored, analyzed and
compared with the current status of KM practices with respect to their sizes. It is found that size
has a profound impact on the extent of adoption of KM practices. |
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