Knowledge management in administratitve units of municipals
The aim of this paper is to analyse knowledge management (KM) among the administrative units of Icelandic municipalities, with að special emphasis on knowledge sharing. An online survey was sent to nearly all the personnel of all the Icelandic municipalities’ administration. In total 385 individuals...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1183 2023-08-20T04:09:27+02:00 Knowledge management in administratitve units of municipals Þekkingarmiðlun í stjórnsýslu sveitarfélaga Gylfadóttir, Hildur Ösp Eðvarðsson, Ingi Rúnar 2012-12-15 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/irpa/article/view/a.2012.8.2.8 isl ice Stjórnsýslustofnun https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/irpa/article/view/a.2012.8.2.8/pdf_274 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/irpa/article/view/a.2012.8.2.8 Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2012); 343-366 Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla; Bnd. 8 Nr. 2 (2012); 343-366 1670-679X 1670-6803 Municipalities knowledge management knowledge sharing administration Sveitarfélög þekkingarstjórnun miðlun þekkingar vinnustaðamenning info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2012 fticelandunivojs 2023-08-01T12:28:51Z The aim of this paper is to analyse knowledge management (KM) among the administrative units of Icelandic municipalities, with að special emphasis on knowledge sharing. An online survey was sent to nearly all the personnel of all the Icelandic municipalities’ administration. In total 385 individuals responded to the survey, a response rate of 63.3%. Also, five key employees within the administration of the municipalities were interviewed. The main conclusion indicates that there is no explicit strategy within the administration of Icelandic municipalities that supports knowledge sharing even though many methods of knowledge management are used to a certain degree. Organizational culture supports knowledge sharing in certain ways but without strategic intention. The larger municipalities have implemented more aspects of KM than the smaller ones. Positive correlation was found between incentives of managers to disseminate knowledge and knowledge sharing and between organizational culture and knowledge sharing. The respondents believe that the municipalities could provide better services if knowledge sharing were more systematic. Markmið greinarinnar er að öðlast yfirsýn yfir þekkingarstjórnun í stjórnsýslu íslenskra sveitarfélaga, með sérstakri áherslu á þekkingarmiðlun. Rafræn könnun var lögð fyrir starfsmenn stjórnsýslu sveitarfélaga sem hafa fleiri en 1500 íbúa, að Reykjavík, Mosfellsbæ og Hafnarfirði undanskildum. Alls svöruðu 385 einstaklingar og svarhlutfall því 63,3%. Einnig voru tekin fimm viðtöl við lykilstarfsmenn hjá sveitarfélögum. Helstu niðurstöður eru þær að hjá stjórnsýslu íslenskra sveitarfélaga er ekki skýr stefnumótun sem styður við þekkingarmiðlun þó svo að margar aðferðir þekkingarstjórnunar séu til staðar í einhverjum mæli. Stærri sveitarfélög hafa tekið fleiri þætti þekkingarstjórnunar í notkun en minni sveitarfélög. Vinnustaðamenning styður á vissan hátt við þekkingarmiðlun en stefnumiðaða innleiðingu vantar. Jákvæð fylgni er á milli hvatningar stjórnenda til að miðla þekkingu og þeirrar ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Reykjavík Reykjavík University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Reykjavík |
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Municipalities knowledge management knowledge sharing administration Sveitarfélög þekkingarstjórnun miðlun þekkingar vinnustaðamenning Gylfadóttir, Hildur Ösp Eðvarðsson, Ingi Rúnar Knowledge management in administratitve units of municipals |
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The aim of this paper is to analyse knowledge management (KM) among the administrative units of Icelandic municipalities, with að special emphasis on knowledge sharing. An online survey was sent to nearly all the personnel of all the Icelandic municipalities’ administration. In total 385 individuals responded to the survey, a response rate of 63.3%. Also, five key employees within the administration of the municipalities were interviewed. The main conclusion indicates that there is no explicit strategy within the administration of Icelandic municipalities that supports knowledge sharing even though many methods of knowledge management are used to a certain degree. Organizational culture supports knowledge sharing in certain ways but without strategic intention. The larger municipalities have implemented more aspects of KM than the smaller ones. Positive correlation was found between incentives of managers to disseminate knowledge and knowledge sharing and between organizational culture and knowledge sharing. The respondents believe that the municipalities could provide better services if knowledge sharing were more systematic. Markmið greinarinnar er að öðlast yfirsýn yfir þekkingarstjórnun í stjórnsýslu íslenskra sveitarfélaga, með sérstakri áherslu á þekkingarmiðlun. Rafræn könnun var lögð fyrir starfsmenn stjórnsýslu sveitarfélaga sem hafa fleiri en 1500 íbúa, að Reykjavík, Mosfellsbæ og Hafnarfirði undanskildum. Alls svöruðu 385 einstaklingar og svarhlutfall því 63,3%. Einnig voru tekin fimm viðtöl við lykilstarfsmenn hjá sveitarfélögum. Helstu niðurstöður eru þær að hjá stjórnsýslu íslenskra sveitarfélaga er ekki skýr stefnumótun sem styður við þekkingarmiðlun þó svo að margar aðferðir þekkingarstjórnunar séu til staðar í einhverjum mæli. Stærri sveitarfélög hafa tekið fleiri þætti þekkingarstjórnunar í notkun en minni sveitarfélög. Vinnustaðamenning styður á vissan hátt við þekkingarmiðlun en stefnumiðaða innleiðingu vantar. Jákvæð fylgni er á milli hvatningar stjórnenda til að miðla þekkingu og þeirrar ... |
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Knowledge management in administratitve units of municipals |
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Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2012); 343-366 Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla; Bnd. 8 Nr. 2 (2012); 343-366 1670-679X 1670-6803 |
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