Leadership Reflections: Leadership Skills for Knowledge Management

Farrell M., GÜLTEKİN V., Sesen Y.

TURKISH LIBRARIANSHIP, cilt.32, sa.3, ss.238-244, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH LIBRARIANSHIP
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.238-244
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Management, communication, leadership
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Knowledge management is a process that in fuses Knowledge and decision-making across an organization. It not only encourages decision-making based on data but also fosters communication among personnel for informed practices and processes. The Social connections within an organization facilitate the formal structure and encourage personnel to share expertise insights, and past experiences to inform decision making. Such a highly interactive organization requires leadership that supports and encourages Knowledge Management practices. A successful Knowledge Management organization depends on certain leadership characteristics in order to foster interactions that contribute to the processes. A variety of characteristics and patterns will offer leaders understanding on how to lead within a Knowledge Management library.