Knowledge Management Report for MITS5505: June 2019 Assignment

This report analyzes an academic paper on Knowledge Management, focusing on trends, issues, and challenges. The report begins with an introduction to knowledge management and its importance in gaining a competitive advantage. It then presents a literature review, outlining the content, methods, and findings of the selected paper by Asrar-ul-Haq & Anwar (2016). The report explores the factors influencing knowledge management, including trust, team behavior, and organizational structure. It also examines the methodology used, which involves a secondary approach and a meta-review of peer-reviewed journals. The findings highlight various issues related to knowledge sharing. The report concludes by emphasizing the efficient use of knowledge and its role in achieving organizational objectives, with data collection based on a secondary method and the promotion of knowledge management through motivation and reward systems. References to supporting articles and the conclusion are provided.

KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION
Knowledge management is the method of
making, distributing, allocating and
organizing the information.
It is considered the business strategy of the
organization.
It helps the company to gain competitive
advantage (Dalkir, 2017).
A systematic review of knowledge
management and knowledge sharing:
Trends, issues, and challenges” written by
Muhammad Asrar-ul-Haq and Sadia Anwar.,
2016 is selected which provides clear

LITERATURE REVIEW
CONTENT
To identify the trends and challenges which
influence the management of knowledge.
To investigate the factors as well as other
aspects which impact smooth
management of knowledge.
To identify the factors which promotes in
managing the knowledge and sharing of
knowledge (Asrar-ul-Haq & Anwar, 2016).

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METHOD
Secondary approach- Meta-review
Peer review journal- Journal of knowledge
management
Keywords- Knowledge sharing, Knowledge
transferring and Knowledge modeling
Articles- 64 articles, published in the year
2010-2015

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FINDINGS
Issues
Trust issues
Team behavior
Diverse culture
Organizational structure
Organization commitment
Lack of technology
Leadership style
Social relations (Asrar-ul-Haq & Anwar, 2016).

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CONCLUSION
Reviewed various articles which provides
in-depth information.
Study does not focuses on sharing the
knowledge in the urban region.
Study demonstrate that it provide support
in taking various opportunities.
RELEVANCY
Provide complete information regarding
optimum usage of knowledge (Capilla et
al., 2016).

CONCLUSION
Efficient use of knowledge.
Helps in accomplishing the objective in
efficient manner.
Data collection is done by using
secondary method.
Knowledge management can be
promote by motivation, reward
method.

REFERENCES
Asrar-ul-Haq, M. & Anwar, S., 2016. A
systematic review of knowledge
management and knowledge sharing:
Trends, issues, and challenges. Cogent
Business & Management, 3(1), pp.1-17.
Capilla, R. et al., 2016. 10 years of software
architecture knowledge management:
Practice and future. Journal of Systems and
Software, 116, pp.191-205.
Dalkir, K., 2017. Knowledge Management in
Theory and Practice. Cambridge: MIT Press.

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