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Achieving Competitive Advantage Through
Knowledge Management and Innovation: Empirical Evidences from
the Indian IT Sector
-- Neeru Mundra, Karishma Gulati and Renu Vashisth
Knowledge Management (KM) refers to a range of practices used by organizations to identify, create, represent, and
distribute knowledge for awareness, learning and reuse across organizations. KM is closely related to organizational learning initiatives.
This may be distinguished from organizational learning by emphasizing on the management of specific knowledge assets and
development and cultivation of the channels through which knowledge flows. The present paper investigates the vital link between management
of knowledge in organizations, innovations in which an organization may involve KM and the development of a sustainable
competitive advantage. Various hypotheses have been formulated to know whether KM and competitive advantage are interrelated or
not. Innovation in the product and services are done by various organizations but in this paper the authors have tried to study
whether the innovation in KM is critical for the success of an organization or not. The paper also provides practical implications for
creating a competitive advantage in modern firms. KM covers a wide range of functionalities, support and different sets of activities
where organizations have to keep a check on various departments. Therefore, to achieve this research objective, the authors study
the sharing of best practices and knowledge of employees in different areas of organization.
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Knowledge Management System
and Learning Organization: An Empirical Study in
an Engineering Organization
-- U Syed Aktharsha and H Anisa
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of Knowledge Management System (KMS) on learning organization. This
paper also attempts to investigate the relationship between demographic profile and KMS and the relationship between demographic
profile and learning organizations. A private engineering concern in a district has been chosen for conducting this study and a sample of
65 managers and engineers were chosen from the population of 180 managers and engineers together.
A survey-based instrument is used to gather the responses from managers and engineers. Some variations were observed on
KMS due to the factors such as innovation, different market entry and market share. Some variations were observed on the properties
of learning organization due to factors such as knowledge application, KM process and shared vision. The study is limited to
one particular organization. The results may not be applicable to other business organizations. KMS is an IT based system developed
for managing knowledge in organizations which supports the creation, capture, storage and dissemination of information.
Nowadays, many organizations especially knowledge-based organizations have started realizing the importance and benefits of KMS and
also the contribution of KMS in learning organizations is well understood by the organizations.
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A Model to Capture the Embedded Knowledge of Implemented Projects
in Iranian Motor-Vehicle Industry
-- Mohamad Ali Shafia, Iman Raeesi Vanani
and Somayeh Faghih Mirzaei
Many features can be found similar in nature while studying previously implemented projects, if they are analyzed for
capturing their embedded knowledge. These are regarded as the most inherited valuable assets which are usually neglected unintentionally
at work. They can be utilized quite successfully for projects to be implemented in future. If this tacit knowledge is revived
successfully in a systematic manner, it can be used as a guidance tool while implementing future projects with smaller risk takings. Inability
to convey this knowledge to the implementers of the new projects, seems to be a harsh condition at present, which calls for a
serious challenge to devise a methodology for capturing and conveying this needy asset. People who move from one place to another
always carry experiences and professional ties with themselves. Therefore their knowledge should be accessed via informal
networks. Documenting systematic errors can unveil hidden traps which can be sources of risk taking conditions and present valuable
lessons for implementing successful projects. This paper aims at presenting a model for capturing the embedded knowledge of
previous projects in the motor vehicle industry. It is intended to get the explicit hidden value in the projects. The results of implementation
of this model are applied to the Iranian motor vehicle industry to validate its effective applicability for which satisfactory results
are found.
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Knowledge Management for the Converged IASB
and FASB Standards
-- Zane Swanson and Ron Freeze
This paper conducts a cost/benefit analysis by applying a knowledge management system that incorporates accounting's
conceptual framework, codification initiative and financial statement presentation proposal into a complete ontology. The need for a
systematic organization is heightened in the convergence of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International
Accounting Standards Board (IASB) standards which increases the costs (e.g., from complexity and volume) to the accounting body
of knowledge. A knowledge management framework can help accounting professionals/academics address accounting issues in such
a manner where the benefits exceed the costs in an organized system.
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