Knowledge Sharing in Ontario Colleges: The Way to Sustainable Education

Rania Mohy EL Din Nafea and Esra Kilicarslan Toplu

Journal of Management and Sustainability, 2018, vol. 8, issue 1, 156-160

Abstract: This paper puts forward several principles that the authors believe are essential for quality education in Canadian colleges. The relationship between establishing communities of practice, creating knowledge repositories, encouraging top management commitment to knowledge sharing and establishing a comprehensive reward system are examined in relation to innovation in education. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #4 of the UN postulates quality education among its top initiatives. The question that arises is how do we ensure that SDG #4 is implemented in higher education institutions? Accordingly, data was collected through observation of faculty and staff from the 2017 Ontario Colleges strike. Although a strong corporate culture exists in Ontario colleges, the system continues to struggle with explicit top management principles that support knowledge sharing across different disciplines. Inter and intra departmental forums including students are non-existent. Knowledge repositories, that staff, faculty and students can tap into are lacking. A greater conversation with stakeholders is imperative to weave all the threads of organizational behavior practices together to nurture future global citizens. Only then can we achieve sustainable quality education.

Keywords: innovation; education; knowledge sharing; communities of practice; reward system; top management; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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