Knowledge management practice in private sector: building the way for Saudi Arabia strategic growth and transformation to knowledge-based economy

The Kingdome of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and its growth objective is to be a major player in the global economy and moving toward a knowledge-based economy. To achieve its objectives, the private sector in various fields in KSA needs to be in line with country’s ambitious goal; Knowledge Management (KM) h...

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Main Authors: Gharamah, Abdulrahman, Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan, Imtiaz Ali, Najma, Brohi, Imtiaz Ali
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spelling iium-645622018-10-02T06:46:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64562/ Knowledge management practice in private sector: building the way for Saudi Arabia strategic growth and transformation to knowledge-based economy Gharamah, Abdulrahman Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan Imtiaz Ali, Najma Brohi, Imtiaz Ali T58.5 Information technology The Kingdome of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and its growth objective is to be a major player in the global economy and moving toward a knowledge-based economy. To achieve its objectives, the private sector in various fields in KSA needs to be in line with country’s ambitious goal; Knowledge Management (KM) handling and readiness for the foreseen customer demand need to be in line with goals. This study presents a critical review to evaluate existing KM practice in the private sector in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to see the readiness of this sector to play an integral role of knowledge-based economy and support nation’s growth strategy. The paper will examine current states in term of how knowledge management is practiced in the country. This paper addressed various aspects of knowledge management ranges from the need of implementing knowledge management systems to the added value by deploying such systems. In addition, the review was discuss if the private sector is heading in the right direction, and coherent with KSA strategic goal by examining a sample of four major firms in private sector. The outcome of the sample reflected that the private sector is harmonized with KSA objective. Science Publishing Corporation Inc 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64562/1/64562_Knowledge%20Management%20Practice%20in%20Private%20Sector.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64562/2/64562_Knowledge%20Management%20Practice%20in%20Private%20Sector_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64562/13/64562_Knowledge%20management%20practice%20in%20private%20sector_SCOPUS.pdf Gharamah, Abdulrahman and Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan and Imtiaz Ali, Najma and Brohi, Imtiaz Ali (2018) Knowledge management practice in private sector: building the way for Saudi Arabia strategic growth and transformation to knowledge-based economy. International Journal of Engineering and Technology (UAE), 7 (2.34 (Special issue 34)). pp. 69-73. ISSN 2227-524X https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/13915/5598 10.14419/ijet.v7i2.34.13915
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Gharamah, Abdulrahman
Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan
Imtiaz Ali, Najma
Brohi, Imtiaz Ali
Knowledge management practice in private sector: building the way for Saudi Arabia strategic growth and transformation to knowledge-based economy
description The Kingdome of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and its growth objective is to be a major player in the global economy and moving toward a knowledge-based economy. To achieve its objectives, the private sector in various fields in KSA needs to be in line with country’s ambitious goal; Knowledge Management (KM) handling and readiness for the foreseen customer demand need to be in line with goals. This study presents a critical review to evaluate existing KM practice in the private sector in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to see the readiness of this sector to play an integral role of knowledge-based economy and support nation’s growth strategy. The paper will examine current states in term of how knowledge management is practiced in the country. This paper addressed various aspects of knowledge management ranges from the need of implementing knowledge management systems to the added value by deploying such systems. In addition, the review was discuss if the private sector is heading in the right direction, and coherent with KSA strategic goal by examining a sample of four major firms in private sector. The outcome of the sample reflected that the private sector is harmonized with KSA objective.
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author Gharamah, Abdulrahman
Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan
Imtiaz Ali, Najma
Brohi, Imtiaz Ali
author_facet Gharamah, Abdulrahman
Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan
Imtiaz Ali, Najma
Brohi, Imtiaz Ali
author_sort Gharamah, Abdulrahman
title Knowledge management practice in private sector: building the way for Saudi Arabia strategic growth and transformation to knowledge-based economy
title_short Knowledge management practice in private sector: building the way for Saudi Arabia strategic growth and transformation to knowledge-based economy
title_full Knowledge management practice in private sector: building the way for Saudi Arabia strategic growth and transformation to knowledge-based economy
title_fullStr Knowledge management practice in private sector: building the way for Saudi Arabia strategic growth and transformation to knowledge-based economy
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge management practice in private sector: building the way for Saudi Arabia strategic growth and transformation to knowledge-based economy
title_sort knowledge management practice in private sector: building the way for saudi arabia strategic growth and transformation to knowledge-based economy
publisher Science Publishing Corporation Inc
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/64562/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/64562/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64562/1/64562_Knowledge%20Management%20Practice%20in%20Private%20Sector.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64562/2/64562_Knowledge%20Management%20Practice%20in%20Private%20Sector_SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64562/13/64562_Knowledge%20management%20practice%20in%20private%20sector_SCOPUS.pdf
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