A Study on Improving the Effectiveness of a Manufacturing Company in the Context of Knowledge Management – Research Results

Justyna Patalas-Maliszewska; Sławomir Kłos

doi:10.1515/fman-2017-0012

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A Study on Improving the Effectiveness of a Manufacturing Company in the Context of Knowledge Management – Research Results

Foundations of Management

Volume 9 (2017): Issue 1 (February 2017)

By: Justyna Patalas-Maliszewska and Sławomir Kłos

Open Access

|May 2017

Abstract

This paper presents the relationship between the various kinds of knowledge that should be acquired, created, accumulated, shared, and transferred within a manufacturing company in order to improve organizational effectiveness. It is based on the data obtained from 85 Polish and German manufacturing companies from the cross-border cooperation region of Lubuskie/Poland - Brandenburg/ Germany. This is followed by a discussion of the results of empirical studies and of the supporting literature.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fman-2017-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5661 | Journal ISSN: 2080-7279

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Language: English

Page range: 149 - 160

Published on: May 4, 2017

Published by: Warsaw University of Technology

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Keywords:

knowledge management process,

organizational effectiveness,

manufacturing company

Related subjects:

Computer sciences,

Business computing,

Business and economics,

Business management,

Management accounting, financial controlling, cost calculation, investment

© 2017 Justyna Patalas-Maliszewska, Sławomir Kłos, published by Warsaw University of Technology
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