Corporate culture as an important factor in the implementation of knowledge management

Jaroslava  Bučková

Published : 2015-09-14

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2015)

Corporate culture as an important factor in the implementation of knowledge management

Jaroslava Bučková

Abstract

Knowledge and knowledge management are now increasingly seen as a critical part of the corporations. The increase development needs of corporate knowledge as well as innovative activities, whilst underlining the need and importance of corporate culture, because the content of the corporate culture consists of basic assumptions, values, norms of behaviour that are shared within the corporation and externally are manifested through behaviour and artefacts. That’s why the corporate culture inherently clearly affects the level and success in implementing knowledge management. This article aims to highlight the importance of corporate culture in building knowledge management and point out key elements that influence corporate culture supporting knowledge sharing.

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corporate culture, corporation, knowledge, knowledge management

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Bučková, J. . (2015). Corporate culture as an important factor in the implementation of knowledge management. Forum Scientiae Oeconomia, 3(3), 51–61. Retrieved from https://ojs.wsb.edu.pl/index.php/fso/article/view/254

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