Practices of Knowledge Management in Companies A Turkey Survey

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7th International Conference on Knowledge Management, Graz, Avusturya, 5 - 07 Eylül 2007, ss.253-262, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Graz
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Avusturya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.253-262
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.