Open AccessKnowledge Management in Higher Education Institutions
Author(s) -
Manoj Kumar Sharma,
Manpreet Kaur
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ira-international journal of management and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2267
DOI - 10.21013/jmss.v4.n3.p4
Subject(s) - knowledge management , business , process (computing) , competitive advantage , personal knowledge management , knowledge economy , prime (order theory) , higher education , knowledge value chain , public relations , computer science , political science , organizational learning , marketing , mathematics , combinatorics , law , operating system
Knowledge management is the process of retrieving, protecting, using and managing the available knowledge. It has gained huge importance in the Business world especially in the corporate sector. It is recognized tool for the effective decision making and attaining competitive advantage. As the educational institutions hold the prime responsibility of effective creation and successful dissemination of the knowledge, it is viewed that the knowledge management practices have greater application to the educational institutions. The objective of the paper is to understand the process, application and role of knowledge management in educational institutions. The paper tries to explore the review of literature on the knowledge management in general and its application to institutes of higher education in particular.