Knowledge management awareness assessment in Nigerian tertiary institutions

Abstract

Background: Knowledge management (KM) is a recipe for increasing performance and promoting innovation in tertiary institutions. However, some scholars argue that the Nigerian educational sector is yet to fully appreciate the importance of KM as their KM awareness level is still low. Since measurement is the basic foundation to accomplish success, this paper assesses the KM awareness level in tertiary institutions of south-west Nigeria. Methods: We applied a survey method using a closed ended questionnaire administered to 50 participants from each of the 10 institutions measured by Likert scaling. Employing SPSS for data analysis, frequency count and percentage score were adopted to analyse the demographic data, and the research hypotheses were analysed with chi square test, Pearson chi square and bivariate correlation (Pearson) analysis. Results: A positive relationship between awareness, current status and level of familiarity was noted. KM awareness level in the institutions is high even though there is a significant difference between the public and private universities, as well as between the students and academic staff. Conclusions: Since an increase in the awareness level increases both current status and level of familiarity which often account for KM success, it is recommend that KM awareness level should continuously be improved upon in Nigerian tertiary institutions.

Codified knowledge, knowledge resources, design, application and implications on effectiveness in institutions of higher education in Kenya

“…The findings in this paper support earlier findings on the status of knowledge management practices in universities as compared to government ministries (Ogunbanwo et al, 2019;Maganga and Guyo, 2017;Charles and Nawe, 2017). Constraints to knowledge management practices could be attributed to inadequate knowledge sharing resources such as information technology, the design of knowledge management systems and the competitive behavior in knowledge sharing in application.…”

“…Current research articulates the position that strategic knowledge management and organizational effectiveness can be brought together, both theoretically and practically, in order to achieve an understanding of their interdependence and application. Current literature suggests Knowledge Management (KM) is still emerging in developing countries and has not been fully implemented (Ogunbanwo et al, 2019). Other studies suggest that knowledge management practices has highly been adopted in government ministries in Kenya, despite the need to adopt an integrated knowledge sharing systems to facilitate the KM process sharing strategies (Maganga and Guyo, 2017).…”