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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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Main Authors: S.D. Uma Mageswari,, Chitra Sivasubramanian,, T.N. Srikantha Dath,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9604/1/12176-33183-1-SM.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.96042016-12-14T06:50:25Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9604/ Impact of size of the manufacturing firms on knowledge management practices: an empirical analysis S.D. Uma Mageswari, Chitra Sivasubramanian, T.N. Srikantha Dath, 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. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9604/1/12176-33183-1-SM.pdf S.D. Uma Mageswari, and Chitra Sivasubramanian, and T.N. Srikantha Dath, (2015) Impact of size of the manufacturing firms on knowledge management practices: an empirical analysis. Jurnal Pengurusan, 45 . pp. 1-21. ISSN 0127-2713 http://ejournal.ukm.my/pengurusan/issue/view/749
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description 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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author S.D. Uma Mageswari,
Chitra Sivasubramanian,
T.N. Srikantha Dath,
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Chitra Sivasubramanian,
T.N. Srikantha Dath,
Impact of size of the manufacturing firms on knowledge management practices: an empirical analysis
author_facet S.D. Uma Mageswari,
Chitra Sivasubramanian,
T.N. Srikantha Dath,
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title Impact of size of the manufacturing firms on knowledge management practices: an empirical analysis
title_short Impact of size of the manufacturing firms on knowledge management practices: an empirical analysis
title_full Impact of size of the manufacturing firms on knowledge management practices: an empirical analysis
title_fullStr Impact of size of the manufacturing firms on knowledge management practices: an empirical analysis
title_full_unstemmed Impact of size of the manufacturing firms on knowledge management practices: an empirical analysis
title_sort impact of size of the manufacturing firms on knowledge management practices: an empirical analysis
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9604/1/12176-33183-1-SM.pdf
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