IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wsi/jikmxx/v10y2011i04ns0219649211003024.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Role of Knowledge Management in Development Projects

Author

Listed:
  • Paul Oluikpe

    (Knowledge Management, Strategy and Performance Department, Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria)

  • Muhammad Sohail

    (Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK)

  • Frank Odhiambo

    (Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK)

Abstract

The paper investigates the role of knowledge management in enabling project success, innovation, completion times, operational efficiency and the generation of new knowledge in development projects. Four projects in Uganda, Nigeria, and Cote d'Ivoire were used as case studies. The objective was to explore the nature of knowledge management practices in these projects in order to see how they could be improved. The research found that knowledge management is a significant factor in speeding up completion times, achieving project success, innovation, operational efficiency and the generation of new knowledge. Knowledge sharing practices were identified within case studies and difficulties relating to managing knowledge generated during the project were highlighted.

Suggested Citation

  • Paul Oluikpe & Muhammad Sohail & Frank Odhiambo, 2011. "The Role of Knowledge Management in Development Projects," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 10(04), pages 315-326.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jikmxx:v:10:y:2011:i:04:n:s0219649211003024
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219649211003024
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0219649211003024
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1142/S0219649211003024?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Judy L. Baker, 2000. "Evaluating the Impact of Development Projects on Poverty : A Handbook for Practitioners," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 13949, December.
    2. Jenkins, Bill, 1985. "Richard L. Merritt and Anna J. Merritt (eds), Innovation in the Public Sector, Sage Publications, 1985. 312 pp, £27.50," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(4), pages 562-564, October.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Shahida Mariam & Farooq Ahmad & Muhammad Nawaz Qaisar, 2019. "Managerial Coaching Induces Psychological Engagement of Employees: Moderating Effect of Knowledge Management," Global Economics Review, Humanity Only, vol. 4(1), pages 60-73, March.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Muhongayire, Wivine, 2012. "An Economic Assessment of the Factors Influencing Smallholder Farmers' Access to Formal Credit: A Case Study of Rwamagana District, Rwanda," Research Theses 198522, Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and Applied Economics.
    2. Miguel Palomino Bonilla & Rudy Wong Barrantes, 2011. "Housing Finance in Peru: What is Holding it Back?," Research Department Publications 4748, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
    3. Bekele A. Shiferaw & Tewodros A. Kebede & Liang You, 2008. "Technology adoption under seed access constraints and the economic impacts of improved pigeonpea varieties in Tanzania," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 39(3), pages 309-323, November.
    4. Donald M. Pianto & Sergei Soares, 2004. "Use Of Survey Design For The Evaluation Of Social Programs: The Pnad And Peti," Anais do XXXII Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 32nd Brazilian Economics Meeting] 133, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics].
    5. Wainaina, Priscilla W. & Okello, Julius Juma & Nzuma, Jonathan M., 2012. "Impact of Contract Farming on Smallholder Poultry Farmers' Income in Kenya," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126196, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    6. Faguet, Jean-Paul & Shami, Mahvish, 2008. "Fiscal policy and spatial inequality in Latin America and beyond," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 27162, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    7. Ramprasad Sengupta & Dipankor Coondoo & Bhisma Rout, 2016. "Socio-economic Well-being—Impact of Wider Highways on the Rural Poor Living in Proximity," Journal of Development Policy and Practice, , vol. 1(2), pages 222-264, July.
    8. Darjana Darjana & S.K. Wiryono & D.P. Koesrindartoto, 2022. "The COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Banking Sector," Asian Economics Letters, Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association, vol. 3(Early Vie), pages 1-6.
    9. Johnson Samuel Wai, 2018. "Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Microfinance and Democratic Engagement," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 24(3), pages 1-12, September.
    10. Githiomi, Caroline & Muriithi, Beatrice & Irungu, Patrick & Mwungu, Chris M. & Diiro, Gracious & Affognon, Hippolyte & Mburu, John & Ekesi, Sunday, 2019. "Economic analysis of spillover effects of an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy for suppression of mango fruit fly in Kenya," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 121-132.
    11. Baulch, Bob, 2010. "The medium-term impact of the primary education stipend in rural Bangladesh," IFPRI discussion papers 976, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    12. Marie T. Mora & Alberto D?vila, 2014. "Gender and Business Outcomes of Black and Hispanic New Entrepreneurs in the United States," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 104(5), pages 245-249, May.
    13. Walter Locatelli & Angela Testi & Filippo Ansaldi & Marta Giachello & Cinzia Panero & Valentino Tisa & Cecilia Trucchi, 2019. "Governance delle reti sanitarie: i Dipartimenti Inter-Aziendali Regionali (DIAR) nel nuovo sistema sanitario ligure," MECOSAN, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2019(109), pages 57-81.
    14. Ruth Alsop & Mette Bertelsen & Jeremy Holland, 2006. "Empowerment in Practice : From Analysis to Implementation," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 6980, December.
    15. Liebenehm, S. & Affognon, H. & Waibel, H., 2010. "Assessing the impact of agricultural research on cattle farmers’ knowledge about African animal trypanosomosis: an application of the propensity score matching approach," Proceedings “Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V.”, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA), vol. 45, March.
    16. Gebregziabher, G. & Namara, Regassa E., 2008. "Investment in irrigation as a poverty reduction strategy: analysis of small-scale irrigation impact on poverty in Tigray, Ethiopia," IWMI Conference Proceedings 246401, International Water Management Institute.
    17. F. O. Eteng & I. J. Opara & C. C. Ezikeudu & H. Adie & J. I. Ogar & L. Ozumba & S. Bassey Ugo, 2023. "High Poverty Rate Amidst Empowerment Programmes: The Impact of Skills Acquisition on Poverty Reduction in Rural Cross River State, Nigeria," Journal of Sustainable Development, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 15(5), pages 1-97, May.
    18. Saleth, R. Maria & Dinar, Ariel, 2008. "Quantifying institutional impacts and development synergies in water resource programs : a methodology with application to the Kala Oya basin, Sri Lanka," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4498, The World Bank.
    19. Boris Bravo & Horacio Cocchi & Daniel Solís, 2006. "Adoption of Soil Conservation Technologies in El Salvador: A cross-Section and Over-Time Analysis," OVE Working Papers 1806, Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE).
    20. Saleth, Rathinasamy Maria, 2008. "Quantifying institutional impacts and development synergies in water resource programs: a methodology with application to the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka," IWMI Working Papers H040790, International Water Management Institute.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wsi:jikmxx:v:10:y:2011:i:04:n:s0219649211003024. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.worldscinet.com/jikm/jikm.shtml .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.