Knowledge, management, and knowledge management in business operations

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Determination of the Knowledge Management Strategy (A Case: Iran Alloy Steel Company)

“…Companies consider it as their intangible assets that unlike physical assets can increase regularly by using it [1]. In the past till now knowledge has been linked with terms such as data, information, intelligence, skill, experience, expertise, ideas, intuition, or insight, which all depend on the context in which the words are used [2]. There are two types of knowledge assets.…”

Performance Innovation Through Applied Knowledge Management: Thought Leadership in Organizations

“…One of the strengths of the LMX approach is that if the manager plays a leadership role, he or she becomes a facilitator and a coach who knows how to create a dynamic group exchange while moving employees to the upper right part of the model. In this case, individual knowledge creation becomes an integrated part of organizational knowledge management (Gao et al, 2008). One of the weaknesses of the LMX approach is that it may create uneven distances between the leader and the followers; the leader would not be at equal distance from his or her employees.…”

Knowledge Systems: A Catalyst for Innovation and Organizational Learning Support in Decision-Making for Efficiency Improvement

“…This is because supporting the flow of information across the organization can help to inform newer employees and aid career development/progression (Draghici, A. et al, 2008;Spender, J., 1994;Gao, F. et al, 2008;Maier, R., 2003).…”