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Knowledge Management Practices and Attitudes of IT Departments: Do They Practise What They Preach?

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  • Graham Pervan

    (School of Information Systems, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia)

  • Ruth Ellison

    (School of Information Systems, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia)

Abstract

Much research has been conducted on knowledge management (KM) in order to improve the organisations handle this valuable resource. Little is known, however, of how the providers of the knowledge management technologies, the organisation's IT people, handle their own KM. This study focuses on how IT departments and people "practise what they preach" in this area. A survey was conducted among large organisations, which reveals that there is a recognised need for KM, but it is not part of their formal goals. There are many KM technologies in use, however, and a positive. attitude exists towards their adoption in the IT departments of these organisations.

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  • Graham Pervan & Ruth Ellison, 2003. "Knowledge Management Practices and Attitudes of IT Departments: Do They Practise What They Preach?," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 2(01), pages 15-31.
  • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jikmxx:v:02:y:2003:i:01:n:s0219649203000218
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219649203000218
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