Knowledge Management as a Critical Factor of an organization’s Sustainability
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tacit knowledge to convert sources of legislation (regulatory), standards of compliance (normative) and cultural- cognitive approaches from various global environments in explicit knowledge contained in structured legal and compliance data (Butler
2011).
Finally, the process of knowledge retention, which consists of selecting, storing
and regularly updating knowledge to protect the company against its loss, has a known
relationship only with the governance dimension, which can also be considered.
directly, by the argument that corporate decisions are influenced by previous decisions
and the stock of acquired competencies (Schrettle et al. 2014).
The other relationships not mentioned, such as the relationship between the
process of identification with the economic dimension, or between the process of
development with the environmental dimension are not known, that is, from the
literature, no arguments were found that these relationships exist, or they have not
been studied yet. Relationships that are considered the indirect need for further
investigation to make them relationships considered strong—tested or studied.
10 Conclusion
This study aimed to identify how KM influences organizational sustainability in the
context of higher education institutions. To this end, the premise was the action of KM
in organizational processes, which are responsible for transforming inputs/resources
into products/services of the organization, and which produce the results of the organization, whether sustainable or not. This interrelationship between KM, organizational processes and sustainability were presented through a framework, which
considered sustainability through four dimensions: economic, environmental, social
and governance.
Thus, based on studies available in the literature, it was possible to relate
KM, worked under the process approach—identification, acquisition, development,
sharing and distribution, use and retention of knowledge with the sustainability
dimensions, which allows us to conclude that although there are several shreds of
evidence of influence and use of KM for organizational sustainability purposes,
few relationships have been studied, especially in the context of higher education
institutions.
As shown in Table 2, the dimension that has received the most applications
from KM is the environmental dimension, which has been worked together with
the processes of acquisition, sharing and distribution and use of knowledge. The
relationships established between this dimension and these processes are considered
straightforward once they have been studied.
In general, however, the dimension that has been mostly related to KM is the
governance dimension, which has no relationship identified only with the process of
knowledge development. However, most of the identified relationships were considered indirect, that is, relationships that have some evidence from the literature, but
that needs to be better studied to confirm the consistency of this relationship.
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tacit knowledge to convert sources of legislation (regulatory), standards of compliance (normative) and cultural- cognitive approaches from various global environments in explicit knowledge contained in structured legal and compliance data (Butler
2011).
Finally, the process of knowledge retention, which consists of selecting, storing
and regularly updating knowledge to protect the company against its loss, has a known
relationship only with the governance dimension, which can also be considered.
directly, by the argument that corporate decisions are influenced by previous decisions
and the stock of acquired competencies (Schrettle et al. 2014).
The other relationships not mentioned, such as the relationship between the
process of identification with the economic dimension, or between the process of
development with the environmental dimension are not known, that is, from the
literature, no arguments were found that these relationships exist, or they have not
been studied yet. Relationships that are considered the indirect need for further
investigation to make them relationships considered strong—tested or studied.
10 Conclusion
This study aimed to identify how KM influences organizational sustainability in the
context of higher education institutions. To this end, the premise was the action of KM
in organizational processes, which are responsible for transforming inputs/resources
into products/services of the organization, and which produce the results of the organization, whether sustainable or not. This interrelationship between KM, organizational processes and sustainability were presented through a framework, which
considered sustainability through four dimensions: economic, environmental, social
and governance.
Thus, based on studies available in the literature, it was possible to relate
KM, worked under the process approach—identification, acquisition, development,
sharing and distribution, use and retention of knowledge with the sustainability
dimensions, which allows us to conclude that although there are several shreds of
evidence of influence and use of KM for organizational sustainability purposes,
few relationships have been studied, especially in the context of higher education
institutions.
As shown in Table 2, the dimension that has received the most applications
from KM is the environmental dimension, which has been worked together with
the processes of acquisition, sharing and distribution and use of knowledge. The
relationships established between this dimension and these processes are considered
straightforward once they have been studied.
In general, however, the dimension that has been mostly related to KM is the
governance dimension, which has no relationship identified only with the process of
knowledge development. However, most of the identified relationships were considered indirect, that is, relationships that have some evidence from the literature, but
that needs to be better studied to confirm the consistency of this relationship.