TY  - JOUR
AB  - Relatively little study has been performed on knowledge management and knowledge transfer in the public sector, and even less in the developing countries. This paper investigates the relationship between organizational elements and the performance of knowledge transfer. Five main independent variables were identified – organizational culture, organizational structure, technology, people/human resources and political directives – and these were tested against creation of knowledge assets and knowledge transfer performance using the Spearman rank test. Tacit and explicit knowledge were also tested against knowledge transfer performance. To achieve an in‐depth empirical study, the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development of Malaysia was chosen for a case study. The findings are based on replies to a questionnaire survey done from September to December 2001. The results reveal that there are significant relationships between some of the variables and either the creation of knowledge assets or the performance of knowledge transfer. Therefore, it is necessary for organizations to consider some of the elements that show a relationship between the tested variables in implementing a knowledge management strategy in an organization. However, certain variables that did not show any relationship should not be ignored totally, as they are still very important for some organizations.
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
SN  - 1367-3270
DO  - 10.1108/13673270410529145
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270410529145
AU  - Omar Sharifuddin Syed‐Ikhsan Syed
AU  - Rowland Fytton
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Knowledge management in a public organization: a study on the relationship between organizational elements and the performance of knowledge transfer
T2  - Journal of Knowledge Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 95
EP  - 111
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -