Essays on Knowledge Management

BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY Proton is the first Malaysian automobile manufacturer which is found in 1983. Proton headquartered is located in Shah Alam, Selangor, with a manufacturing plant in Tanjung Malim, Perak. It was Malaysia’s only carmaker until the establishment of its competitor and arch-rival Perodua in 1993. Proton is a core member of Proton…

One of the most common injuries that affect people is a burn. As its name implies, burns are a type of injury that can be caused by sunlight, heat, fire, electricity, or chemicals, (Familydoctor.org, 2009) among others. However before one is able to understand in detail the different degrees of burns and the treatment for…

Introduction Learning organizations go beyond being just a trendy management approach. They foster work environments that encourage innovative thinking and acknowledge that individuals possess solutions to continuous work challenges. The text emphasizes the importance of tapping into the knowledge base. This allows individuals to think critically and creatively, communicate ideas and concepts, and cooperate with…

Last December 7, 2013, we conducted our very first seminar as a Fifth Year Student. It was held at Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas Campus I was excited for the seminar, because I know that I will learn a lot of things to enhance my knowledge as an Industrial Engineering student. The objective…

Introduction Knowledge management (KM) is based on the idea that an organisation’s most valuable resource is the knowledge of its people. This is not a new idea – organisations have been managing “human resources” for years. What is new is the focus on knowledge. This focus is being driven by the accelerated rate of change…

Explain how continuous improvement models, knowledge management systems, quality systems and sustainability principles can be incorporated into business systems Continuous Improvement Models To close the gap between actual and desired performance, decisions need to be made. Decision making involves making a selection from among alternative courses of action. Implementation and evaluation of the implementation provide…

Knowledge is information, paperss, or different accomplishments that are achieved by an organisation or an single through their preparation, instruction, or practical experiences and be able to explicate or turn to any issue. Persons can better their cognition via complex cognitive procedure such as communicating, acquisition, skill, and statement. Data is a set of distinct…

Toby Butterfield worked his way upward in the Montclair Company until he became assistant plant manager in the Illinois plant. Finally, his opportunity for a promotion came. The Houston plant was having difficulty meeting its budget and production quotas, so he was promoted to plant manager and transferred to the Houston plant with instruction to…

Knowledge may be the greatest competitive advantage for a company (Davenport & Prussia, 1998). Only firms participating in the creation and utilization of knowledge can pop to enjoy the rewards of business reform in today’s knowledge-based economy (Hung, Hung, Link, & Tsar, 2005). In this report, a case about Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA…

Introduction In the current world setting, with organizations trying to minimize their costs utilized in maintaining and reclaiming information stored as knowledge, that a general increasing trend in the study of Knowledge Management has been observed. Throughout this paper we will first observe the effects of Knowledge management in the case study of Infosys. The…