scholarly journals Knowledge Capture and Acquisition Mechanisms at Kisii University

10.28945/2284 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 105-116
Author(s):  
Nemwel Aming'a
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Organizational Memory ◽  
Knowledge Capture ◽  
Knowledge Assets ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Student Version ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Essential Knowledge ◽  
The University

Knowledge management and knowledge assets have gained much prominence in recent years and are said to improve organizational performance. Knowledge capture and acquisition mechanisms enhance organizational memory and performance. However, knowledge capture and acquisition mechanisms in higher education institutions are not well known. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge capture and acquisition mechanisms at Kisii University. This was a case study in which data were collected through interviews and questionnaires. Purposive sampling was used to determine interview participants while questionnaire respondents were selected through stratified random sampling. Qualitative and quantitative data were analysed using SPSS® student version 14; it revealed that there were various knowledge capture and acquisition mechanisms at Kisii University. It was also established that the University encountered various challenges in knowledge capture and acquisition and lacked some essential knowledge capture and acquisition mechanisms. In this regard, this study proposed knowledge capture and acquisition guidelines that may be adopted by the University to enhance its organizational memory and performance.

Roles of Interpersonal Relationships in Improving Organizational Performances in the Case of Hospital Nurses

2010 ◽  
pp. 172-189
Author(s):  
Murako Saito
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Work Demand ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Organizational Performances

In this chapter, a comparison of organizational performances representing team reciprocity, communication accuracy, and performance reliability was made with participants’ competence of emotional regulation, communication type, and also with the appreciation level of professional work based on our empirical studies on healthcare organization. The results in case study 1 suggest that team reciprocity is significantly influenced by the type of communication, face–to–face (FTF) and computer mediating communication (CMC). The results in case study 2 suggest that interpersonal relationship management played important roles in giving critical effects on organizational performance of team reciprocity, communication accuracy, and performance reliability. The results in case study 3 suggest that appreciation degree of team and organization goals gave significant effects on team reciprocity and performance reliability. Causal relationships among structural variables on work environment, communication, and organizational performances in case study 1, and causal relationships among work demand, organizational environment, and fairness in case study 3, were discussed. Quality of healthcare evaluated by organizational performance is influenced by the condition of how interpersonal relationship plays a role in managing emotional regulation, communication, and appreciation of the work environment. Most of the organizational issues are related with loss of con- fidence and trust among the participants of the organization, which stems largely from inappropriate alignment of interpersonal relationships.

Impact of Leadership Style on Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Nigerian Banks

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 202 ◽  
Author(s):  
R M Ojokuku ◽  
T A Odetayo ◽  
A S Sajuyigbe
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The study examined the impact of leadership style on organizational performance in selected Banks, in Ibadan Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was adopted in selecting a total of sixty (60) respondents as sample for the study, while relevant data was gathered with the aid of a structured questionnaire. One hypothesis was formulated and inferential statistical tool was used to analyze the data specifically Pearson product moment correlation was used to examine the relationship between leadership style dimensions and organizational performance, while Regression analysis was used to examine the significant effect of leadership style dimensions on followers and performance. Findings showed positive and negative correlation between leadership style dimensions and organizational performance. It was also found that leadership style dimensions jointly predict organizational performance, which counted for 23% variance of performance. The study concluded that transformational and democratic leadership style should be employed by the Banks’ management in order to wax stronger in a global competitive environment.

Does Knowledge Management Systems Moderate Turnover Effects?

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Davi Nakano ◽  
Renato de Oliveira Moraes ◽  
Ana Paula Pereira de Moraes Ress
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Knowledge Assets ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
And Performance

Knowledge assets are key to innovative capability, but are perishable and may decay over time. Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) can prevent knowledge decay and maintain and enhance performance and innovation. This paper investigates if the use of a KMS mitigates employee turnover negative effects on organizational performance. Data on turnover and project performance from two software development teams from the same corporation were collected and compared. One team adopted and uses a KMS to support development, while the other did not implement a KMS. Paired t-tests were performed and confirmed that KMS usage moderate turnover impact on organizational performance. There is also evidence that, when KMS are not used, turnover and performance are correlated with a time lag. From a practical stance, results indicate that knowledge intensive firms can avoid knowledge assets loss by implementing a KMS.

scholarly journals Teaching a Cataloging/Metadata Course in a Changing World: Experience and Reflection

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Suzhen Chen ◽  
Margaret Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Career Paths ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Information Organization ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
University Of Hawai'i ◽  
Essential Knowledge ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
The University

In this paper, we explore the most essential knowledge and skills to impart in an introductory-level cataloging and metadata course. We use the basic cataloging and metadata class in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library and Information Science Program as a case study, sharing our experiences, thoughts, and planned future direction in teaching cataloging, classification, metadata, and information organization. We investigate what University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library and Information Science (LIS) students expect to learn from the class, as well as how they perceive knowledge of and skills in cataloging and metadata affecting their career paths. We also inquire into topics that the students are interested in exploring related to cataloging and metadata. We examine emerging trends and evaluate which information and skills are most useful for LIS students and new librarians to learn for their library careers. These ideas are built upon our own experiences teaching these topics. This article synthesizes literature review, observation of trends within cataloging and metadata, and surveys taken by students enrolled in the course.                                              

scholarly journals The Effect of Knowledge Management on Innovation and Organizational Performance in the field of Application and Game Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-200
Author(s):  
Simon Budiprayitno
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Game Development ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Collection Methods

This research examines the effect of knowledge management on innovation and organizational performance (Case Study on Creative Industries in the field of Application and Game Development in Malang Raya). Looking at the existing phenomena clearly shows that most creative industries still show a lot of room for improvement regarding their innovation and business performance and the lack of application of knowledge management in creative industries compared to large organizations. Data collection methods in this study include field research that is by collecting necessary data (primary data) from a sample using a questionnaire instrument that explains and tests hypotheses (explanatory) and uses literature studies derived from literature and scientific journals. The results of this study are that management knowledge has a significant effect on innovation and performance. Innovation has a significant effect on performance and that knowledge management has a significant effect on performance through innovation Changes in performance are primarily determined by the high ability of innovation due to the creative industry players have increased the ability in knowledge management.

Sailing for Sustainability: The Potential of Sail Technology as an Adaptation Tool for Oceania. A Voyage of Inquiry and Interrogation through the Lens of a Fijian Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Peter Roger Nuttall
Keyword(s):  
Critical Mass ◽  
Sea Transport ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Marine Management ◽  
Management Area ◽  
Pacific Studies ◽  
The Face ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The University

<p>This thesis records an action research-based inquiry into the potential of sail technology as an adaptation intervention for sea-transport that would assist Oceanic communities (at local and national levels) (re)claim resilience in the face of growing threats from climate change and extreme fossil-fuel dependency. The issue is explored at micro, meso, and macro geographic levels and temporally across past heritage, the current situation and looking to a future horizon. A case study approach is employed, where possible focussed through a Fijian lens. The thesis finds that while there are grounds for expanded research into and priority of sustainable sea-transport, this central issue facing most Oceania communities remains invisible within the policy space at all levels and has been hitherto ignored by regional and development agencies. Barriers are identified as being as much perceptual as actual, and lack of technology is not the primary issue but rather more deep-seated factors including ownership, operation, and management spread across multiple ‘well-beings’ including culture and socio-economic concerns. There are multiple lessons to learn from interrogation of the past.   The process of inquiry was initiated within existing talanoa of key partner communities in Fiji and has, in turn, proved catalytic in initiating both fresh research into Fijian seafaring heritage – particularly that concerning the Waqa Tabu or Drua and its related culture in Fiji and central Oceania - and a growing network of interest in an agenda of sustainable sea-transport for this region. The former proved elemental to a programme of art and performance undertaken by the Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies leading up to the Festival of Pacific Arts in the Solomons 2012 and both strands were brought together in the region’s first international ‘Sustainable Sea-Transport Talanoa’ hosted by the University of the South Pacific in November 2012. It now appears there is sufficient critical mass generated to ensure a sustained programme of both action and research will ensue and it is suggested critical learning of collaboration and partnership as well as measures for assessing the sustainability of such a programme can be gleaned from other Oceanic Participatory Learning and Action experiences, in particular the Fiji Local Marine Management Area programme.</p>

Organizational Learning in Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of A Public University in Vietnam

2016 ◽  
pp. 88-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngoc Pham Thi Bich ◽  
Huy Tran Quang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Employee Participation ◽  
Public University ◽  
Regression Techniques ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Organizational learning has been discussed by a number of scholars. However, few of them have empirically addressed the issue in an educational context. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the limited previous research on organizational learning in higher education by examining the impact of employee participation on the organizational learning process and the relationship between the organizational learning process and performance of a public university in Vietnam. A survey of 136 employees of a public university in Hanoi, targeted at managers, lecturers and researchers having more than a 5-year working experience, was conducted in 2015. Multiple regression techniques were used to analyse the data. The study findings indicate that the organizational learning process is positively influenced by employee participation in decision-making and significantly associates with the performance of the university.

scholarly journals Active Experiencing in Postdramatic Performance: Affective Memory and Quarantine Theatre's Wallflower

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-159
Author(s):  
Tracy Crossley
Keyword(s):  
Performance Studies ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
Senior Lecturer ◽  
Performance Traditions ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The University

Postdramatic approaches to performance and Stanislavsky's methodology seemingly occupy divergent performance traditions. Nonetheless, both traditions often require performers to mine their own lives (albeit to different ends) and operate in an experiential realm that demands responsiveness to and within the live moment of performing. Tracy Crossley explores this realm through an analysis of Quarantine Theatre's Wallflower (2015), an example of postdramatic practice that blends a poetics of failure with a psycho - physical dramaturgical approach that can be aligned with Stanislavsky's concepts of affective memory and active analysis.Wallflower provides a useful case study of practice that challenges the binary opposition between the dramatic and postdramatic prevalent in theatre and performance studies scholarship. Aspects of Stanislavsky's system, nuanced by cognitive neuroscience, can expand the theorization of postdramatic theatre, which in turn generates techniques that can prove valuable in the rehearsal of dramatic theatre itself. Tracy Crossley is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance at the University of Salford, Manchester. She is currently developing a practical handbook, Making Postdramatic Theatre, for Digital Theatre Plus.

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