Practices of Knowledge Management in Companies A Turkey Survey

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Ölçer F.

7th International Conference on Knowledge Management, Graz, Austria, 5 - 07 September 2007, pp.253-262, (Full Text)

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • City: Graz
  • Country: Austria
  • Page Numbers: pp.253-262
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In today’s digital economy, knowledge manegment is critical to the success of many

organizations. This paper is based on a research which examined the practices of knowledge

management in Turkish large companies. The research sample was 214 Turkish organizations.

Data were obtained by questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS. The main findings revealed that

the majority of respondents believed that their knowledge management system was very

important to the development of their organizations, and that the most important sources of

ideas come from customers. The most important method used by Turkish organizations to

facilitate the sharing of knowledge between employees was internet. This research produces

some useful insights and leaving a number of issues for future research.