Links between competence management and the knowing organisation

Rodrigo Baroni De Carvalho, Marta Araujo Tavares Ferreira, Chun Wei Choo and Luiz Antonio Joia

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 2007, vol. 4, issue 3, 222-239

Abstract: The paper intends to analyse the links between competence management and Knowledge Management (KM), adopting the Knowing Organisation Model as the main framework. A web-based survey was conducted with 168 KM leaders and HR managers from Brazilian and Portuguese middle and large size organisations. The results have given evidences that competence management is a significant antecedent of KM. A diagnosis of the sense making, knowledge creation and decision making practices in the analysed organisations is presented. The strategic role of the HR department in the KM initiative is emphasised. The paper also discusses strengths and weaknesses of the KM initiatives, and presents some recommendations to KM leaders that may help them in increasing the maturity level of their KM projects.

Keywords: knowledge management; KM; competence management; organisational learning; knowledge creation; sense making; decision making; knowing organisation; human resource management; HRM; Brazil; Portugal. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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