Knowledge Management Practice in General Education Schools as a Tool for Sustainable Development

Abstract

The already scarce and further dwindling natural resources, increasing environmental pollution, and other environmental, economic, and social challenges that transcend national boundaries necessitate the continuous pursuit of the more responsible implementation of the principles of sustainable development in the public and business sectors, especially in general education schools, as the future and welfare of the society depend on education results. Therefore, the implementation of knowledge management practices in general education schools is one of the efficient ways of achieving the principles of sustainable development and their positive outcomes for society and the state. This research aimed to evaluate the peculiarities of applying knowledge management practices in general education schools for sustainable development. Research methods such as analysis of scientific literature, multiple-criteria assessment, survey, and expert evaluation were used to achieve the goal of the study. The results of the study showed that there is a high potential in general education schools for the application of knowledge management practices to achieve sustainable development. However, general education schools still face a lack of teachers’ motivation and a lack of financial resources to apply knowledge management practices and improve knowledge infrastructure for sustainability.

Influencing Factors on Knowledge Management for Organizational Sustainability

“…The conclusions are that organizational understanding, evaluation, and adequate support in the process of knowledge transfer influence success indicators of knowledge transfer. Additionally, it is concluded that organizational culture is responsible for the viability and development of organizations [9,20,44]. Existing research coincides with the conclusions that knowledge has to be present in all parts of the system as well as that an organic organizational structure, decentralization, and low formalization have positive effects on employee intentions [46].…”

“…The concept of knowledge management includes systematic management of processes, methods, and tools with the goal to apply knowledge in strategic goal achievement. In addition, knowledge management applies to efficient decision making and value creation in the organization [44]. In order for sustainable performance in public organizations, it is necessary to maintain and improve employee motivation policies regarding knowledge application [32].…”

Contributions to Sustainability in SMEs: Human Resources, Sustainable Product Innovation Performance and the Mediating Role of Employee Creativity

“…In sum, the results reveal the key role managers have to play to turn knowledge, motivation, and relationships into creative ideas and sustainable PIP. In this line, managers must make a continuous investment in factors of tacit knowledge (experience, abilities, training, and practical courses) [109][110][111][112][113][114][115], factors of intrinsic motivation [116][117][118] (satisfaction, commitment, responsibility, identification and consideration of problems) and factors of informal relationships [119] (meetings, cooperation or common spaces or offices) without neglecting certain factors associated with explicit knowledge (employee qualification and databases and intranet), extrinsic motivation (group incentives), and formal relationships (stakeholders relationships: suppliers, customers and other allies) if they want to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage through creativity and PIP.…”

The mediating role of transformational leadership between learning culture and knowledge application

“…In the field of education, KA is related to the improvement of learning environments and practices resulting from the generation of knowledge (Chen and Huang, 2011). Specifically, in the school context, KA is related to the analysis of different perspectives that originate good practices in teaching, and to the development of information and communication (Raudeliuniene et al , 2020). Good practices and the development of good communication are critical to teaching improvement.…”