The Relevance of Knowledge Management to Educational Organizations

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2020 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, University of Education Ludwigsburg, language: English, abstract: This paper's research questions are: What is Knowledge and Knowledge Management? What is the relevance of Knowledge Management to educational organizations?

Knowledge Management (KM) is a fundamental asset in any organization, although intangible, it is the intellectual investment. It is the main drive for innovation and development. KM is a process by which an organization improves its business performance by means of developing, storing, and disseminating information. In order to remain competitive, organizations need to control the knowledge they have to be transformed into learning organizations.

Knowledge Management also helps organizations in organizing and transferring essential information and expertise needed in problem solving and decision making to improve the organizations¿ effectiveness. Knowledge management is as critical in the educational organizations as in other fields. Educational for organizations are learning environments by nature and require arrangement and dissemination of knowledge for better improvement in performance and objectives.