Some Consideration On Knowledge Management Implication On Organization’s Competitiveness

The research described in this paper has been focused on two objectives: to debate the knowledge management’s active role for organizations competitive advantage and to describe information technology’s capabilities in leveraging the knowledge worker’s competencies. For the purposes of this article, competitive advantage is perceived as a strength that provides a market advantage relative to a competitor. Often competitive advantage is related to the core competencies of the organisation, which are frequently based on implicit know-how or tacit knowledge. This intangible, unstructured knowledge is difficult to manage; consequently management has ignored it when designing business strategy. However, the increased competitive pressures of the post-industrial global economy and the exponential advances in computing power have increased management’s interest in knowledge as a sustainable source of competitive advantage.